ResumoObjetivo: Identificar e rever os instrumentos que explorem a motivação como fator capaz de predizer o resultado de tratamento da dependência de substâncias psicoativas e que vêm sendo utilizados na última década.
AbstractObjective: To identify and review tools used in specialized services to explore aspectos of motivation as a predictive factor of treatment outcome in drug-abusing patients. Method: Comprehensive literature review of scales used to assess the degree of motivation. Result: Four scales to evaluate stages of behavioural change related to motivation were identified and described, together with their associated psychometric properties -Rhode Island Change Assessment Questionnaire (URICA), Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eargness Scale (SOCRATES), Treatment Motivation Questionnaire (TMQ), Readiness to Change Questionnaire (RCQ); The first two have Portuguese validated versions. Conclusion: Motivacional theory has been regularly studied in the last decade, allowing the definition of pragmatic evaluation parameters in scales with validity and reliabilities that vary from good to excellent.
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