Clients' experience with seeking in-patient addiction treatment

Background: Accessibility is a crucial factor in entering addiction treatment. Barriers and facilitating factors of starting treatment are well known from the perspective of clients, professionals, and the system. However, the experience of clients with starting treatment and related factors are not described and characterized enough in the Czech Republic. Aims: The aim of this bachelor thesis was to describe how clients choose facilities and how does the process of starting in-patient addiction treatment looks like from clients' perspective, and what are the factors that influence this process. Methods: Quality research was conducted using semi-structured interviews with clients addicted to alcohol, in in-patient treatment. The sample consisted of 22 clients. The data was analysed using interpretive phenomenological analysis, respectively the method of creating themes. Results: Results showed that most of the respondents chose the organization based on the waiting period or because it was recommended by someone. Another theme was, that they picked it because of some specific characteristics (geographical accessibility, the length of treatment, strict regime). 4 factors which helped clients with starting treatment were analysed: enough information about treatment, previous experience with the..