Levels of Psycho-Spiritual Wellbeing among Individuals Recovering from Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder in Rehabilitation Centres in Nairobi County, Kenya

Psycho-spiritual wellbeing is increasingly recognized as a clinically significant, yet historically under-measured, resource in the recovery journeys of individuals with alcohol and substance use disorders (SUD). The objective of this study was to investigate the levels of psycho-spiritual wellbeing among individuals recovering from alcohol and substance use disorder in rehabilitation Centres in Nairobi County, Kenya. Th study was anchored on the Psycho-Spiritual Wellbeing (PSWB) Theory developed by Egunjobi (2024), and was further complemented by the Trans-theoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM) developed by Prochaska and DiClemente (1992). The descripting research design research design was adopted. The target population was 2,649 individuals. The sample size was determined using Yamane's (1967) formula, n = N / (1 + N(e)²), yielding 347 participants. The findings indicated that the participants reported very high levels of psycho-spiritual wellbeing, with 155 (46.4%) participants falling within this category. This was followed by 110 (32.9%) participants who reported high levels of psycho-spiritual wellbeing. A smaller proportion, 35 (10.4%), reported moderate level, while 22 (6.1%) had low level and 16 (4.2%) had very low level of psycho-spiritual wellbeing. The study recommends that rehabilitation centres should integrate structured psycho-spiritual interventions, including mindfulness practices, meaning-centered therapy, and faith-sensitive counselling, into standard treatment protocols, with individualized care plans developed for clients scoring in the moderate-to very-low range.

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