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Rewarding early abstinence in Veterans Health Administration addiction clinics.

Hagedorn HJ, Noorbaloochi S, Simon AB, Bangerter A, Stitzer ML, Stetler CB, Kivlahan D. Rewarding early abstinence in Veterans Health Administration addiction clinics. Journal of substance abuse treatment. 2013 Jul 1; 45(1):109-17.

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Abstract:

This study investigates the addition of a contingency management (CM) intervention to Veterans Health Administration substance use disorders treatment on during- and post-treatment outcomes for Veterans diagnosed with alcohol dependence only (n = 191) or stimulant dependence (n = 139). Participants were randomly assigned to 8weeks of usual care or usual care plus CM. Follow-up assessments occurred at 2, 6 and 12months. In the alcohol dependent subgroup, CM participants submitted significantly more negative samples (13 versus 11 samples, Cohen's d = 0.54), were retained significantly longer (7 versus 6weeks, d = 0.47), achieved significantly longer median durations of abstinence (16 versus 9 consecutive visits; median difference = 7, 95% CI = 4-8), and submitted significantly more negative samples at follow-ups (unstandardized effect size = 0.669, se = 0.2483) compared to usual care participants. Intervention effects were non-significant for the stimulant dependent subgroup. The study provides support for the effectiveness of CM interventions for alcohol dependent patients.




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