J Korean Med Sci.  2007 Jun;22(3):453-458. 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.3.453.

The Readiness to Change and Insight in Alcohol dependent Patients

• Kim KM
• Kim JS
• Kim GJ
• Kim SS
• Jung JG
• Kim SM
• Pack HJ
• Lee DH

• KMID: 1778353
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2007.22.3.453

Abstract

This study was performed to investigate the effect of insight on the readiness to change in alcoholism. The subjects were 131 Korean male patients with alcohol dependence who were being hospitalized in a community-based alcohol treatment center. The patients' readiness to change was classified into precontemplation, contemplation, and action stage through the readiness to change questionnaire. The state of the patients' insight was measured through the Hanil alcohol insight scale. Fourteen patients (10.7%) were in the stage of precontemplation, 65 (49.6%) in contemplation and 52 (39.7%) in action stage. The insight score of the patients in precontemplation stage was significantly lower (p<0.001) than that of others. On the basis of the precontemplation stage, multinomial logistic regression analysis for the control of the differences in the patients' characteristics among each stage of the readiness to change showed that the possibility of contemplation and action stage went up 1.231 (p<0.01) and 1.249 (p<0.01) times higher as the insight score increased.

Keyword

Alcoholism; Motivation; Awareness; Readiness to Change

MeSH Terms

Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Alcohol Drinking
Alcoholism/*psychology/*therapy
Awareness
Health Behavior
Humans
Korea
Male
Middle Aged
Motivation
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Regression Analysis
Self Care

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