One of the focuses of the rehabilitation program is to assess the level of dependence and the severity of the client's addiction. However, not many instruments assessing addiction recovery can be found in the Malaysian context. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to develop the addiction recovery index and test the difference of the recovery index of clients in rehabilitation centers and clients in the community. This study employed a cross-sectional survey design. A total of 662 respondents participated in the study and they were selected through a stratified random sampling technique. The Addiction Recovery Scale was developed by the researchers which contained three dimensions namely health, stability and security, and religiosity and belief. The findings of the study showed that the Addiction Recovery Scale has good validity and reliability. The overall results found that the recovery index for clients at rehabilitation centers was 77.56 which was significantly higher than the recovery index for clients in the community which was 71.47. This index provides information on the aspects that need to be paid attention to improve individual recovery among the clients so that their potential can be developed to remain free from drug addiction.
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