Autoeficacia en pacientes drogodependientes internados en centros de rehabilitación de los cantones Paute y Déleg durante el periodo marzo-julio 2020

Abstract

Substance use is considered a problem worldwide due to the consequences and repercussions it generates for both consumers and society; in turn, said consumption behavior is mediated by different variables that contribute to its initiation, maintenance, cessation and abstinence, one of them being self-efficacy, conceived as the perception of personal confidence to overcome various stressful or risk events to throughout life. That is why the present research aims to determine the relationship between the levels of self-efficacy and the sociodemographic variables of drug-dependent patients admitted to rehabilitation centers in the cantons of Paute and Deleg. The research has a quantitative approach, of a non-experimental type with a cross section and a correlational scope. The population consisted of 50 male patients admitted to the mentioned rehabilitation centers, whose ages ranged freom 18 to 65 years. The instruments used were a sociodemographic record and the validated general Self-efficacy scale for use in the Ecuadorian context. For the descriptive analysis of the data measures of central tendency were used, while parametric and non-parametric statistical tests were used for the correlational study. The results indicate that certain sociodemographic characteristics such as age (being in a range of 36 to 65 years), having a relationship (commitment), high monthly income and a better academic level, influence the levels of self-efficacy, together with variables related to consumption, such as the number of relapses in the population. Keywords: Self-efficacy. Drug