Puneet Kamal1 , Parshotam Dass Garg2 , Neeru Bala3 , Manjit Singh4
BACKGROUND Personality traits are considered as risk factors for substance use and their assessment plays an important part in deciding prognosis and treatment outcome in opioid use disorders. The study aimed to find the prevalence of personality traits in opioid dependent patients and their association with treatment outcome. METHODS 100 consecutive opioid dependent male patients visiting Swami Vivekananda Drug De-Addiction and Treatment Centre were included in the study. Sociodemographic data was collected and personality profile of the patients was assessed using Big Five Personality Inventory. Patients were followed for 3 months to find treatment outcome. Association of personality traits of patients with treatment outcome was found. RESULTS It was found that majority of opioid dependent patients were high on Neuroticism (70%) and Extroversion (62%) and lower on Conscientiousness (68%) and it was significantly associated with high relapse rate. CONCLUSIONS Early identification of personality traits could be useful in decreasing the possibility of relapse.
