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9 EVALUATION TOOLS

Individuals were asked to complete the following evaluation tools:
A Warwick Wellbeing Scale (non-Commercial licence permission granted).
The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale was developed as a tool to
measure mental wellbeing. Participants completed a questionnaire at the start
of the project and also at the end of their completed sessions (Appendix 1)

B MELD internal evaluation. Participants completed a questionnaire at each
session (Appendix 2)
C Complementary Therapy Feedback form. Participants completed a
questionnaire at the end of their block of treatments (Appendix 3)
D Qualitative feedback was collected in summary notes at each session.
This was due to the recognition that only asking people to fill in questionnaires
could result in response bias.

10 REPORTED SUBSTANCE USE

Reported substance use was recorded at the start of the project and at the end
of the project. Data was collected for 18 individuals due to two participants
dropping out due to personal reasons (see 11.1).

10.1 COCAINE AND ALCOHOL USE

At the start of the project some of the participants who reported mixing
stimulant drugs and alcohol voiced that alcohol was a trigger that led to
reduced inhibitions and increased the likelihood of them using cocaine.
This group was split with some of the participants being aware of the risks
and the others displaying little or no knowledge of the dangers.