The recovery from alcohol consumption: analysis of the construct of relapse

Objective: A systematic review was conducted to identify definitions that facilitated the study of relapse as both behavioral pattern and process. Methods: The review was conducted following the PRISMA-P guidelines. Articles that met the following inclusion criteria were considered: (a) published in peerreviewed journals, (b) provided an explicit operational definition of relapse, (c) assessed relapse during or after a specific psychological or self-care group intervention, (d) focused on alcohol consumption, and (e) were published between 2000 and September 2016. Results: “Any drinking” was the most frequent outcome used to identify relapse, although other discrete outcomes were also considered. Nevertheless, none of the definitions operationalize the notion of the return to a problematic drinking pattern and/or the process of relapse. Conclusion: Problems related to any drinking definition are discussed and we propose the use of a composed index to study relapse

• Autores: Reyes-Huerta, Hugo E; Vacio, Ángeles; Pedroza, Francisco; Salazar, Martha; Martínez, Kalina
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad de San Buenaventura
• Repositorio: Repositorio USB
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.usb.edu.co:10819/6577
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10819/6577
• Palabra clave: Consumo de alcohol; Recaída; Resultados del tratamiento; Patrón; Proceso; Alcohol consumption; Relapse; Treatment outcomes; Pattern; Process; Abuso del alcohol
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 2.5 Colombia