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SynthesisJournal of substance abuse treatment2013

The comparative effectiveness of outpatient treatment for adolescent substance abuse: a meta-analysis.

Emily E Tanner-Smith, Sandra Jo Wilson, Mark W Lipsey

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02440321 (The Third Year Project of The Associated Factors of Smoking Around School-aged Children and The Intervention Development Using the Theory of Reasoned Action), which is not on this map. Cited by 144 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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144citing papers in PubMed, 15 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02440321 nacompletednot on this map

The Third Year Project of The Associated Factors of Smoking Around School-aged Children and The Intervention Development Using the Theory of Reasoned Action

TypeinterventionalSponsorTaipei Medical UniversityRan2011 to 2012Enrolled150ConditionsEnvironmental Tobacco SmokeArmsParent-child interactive program, written materials
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

144 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. Treatments for Internet gaming disorder and Internet addiction: A systematic review.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2017
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  14. Effectiveness of brief school-based interventions for adolescents: a meta-analysis of alcohol use prevention programs.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2015
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  16. Intervention for marijuana using, court-involved non-incarcerated youth.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023
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  18. Generalizing treatment outcomes to externalizing behaviors for Latino/a adolescents with substance use disorders: A secondary analysis.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021
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84 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Emily E Tanner-SmithPeabody Research Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. e.tanner-smith@vanderbilt.edu
Sandra Jo Wilson
Mark W Lipsey

Funding

NICHD NIH HHS HHSN275200900598PPHS HHS HHSS270200700004C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meta-analysis was used to synthesize research on the effects of outpatient treatment on substance use outcomes for adolescents with substance use disorders. An extensive literature search located 45 eligible experimental or quasi-experimental studies reporting 73 treatment-comparison group pairs, with many of the comparison groups also receiving some treatment. The first analysis examined 250 effect sizes for the substance use outcomes of adolescents receiving different types of treatment relative to the respective comparison groups. As a category, family therapy programs were found to be more effective than their comparison conditions, whereas no treatment programs were less effective. However, not all treatment types were compared with each other in the available research, making it difficult to assess the comparative effectiveness of the different treatments. To provide a more differentiated picture of the relative improvement in substance use outcomes for different treatments, a second analysis examined 311 pre-post effect sizes measuring changes in substance use for adolescents in the separate treatment and comparison arms of the studies. The adolescents in almost all types of treatment showed reductions in substance use. The greatest improvements were found for family therapy and mixed and group counseling. Longer treatment duration was associated with smaller improvements, but other treatment characteristics and participant characteristics had little relationship to the pre-post changes in substance use. Based on these findings family therapy is the treatment with the strongest evidence of comparative effectiveness, although most types of treatment appear to be beneficial in helping adolescents reduce their substance use.

Indexed as

AdolescentAmbulatory CareComparative Effectiveness ResearchFamily TherapyHumansPsychotherapy, GroupSubstance-Related DisordersTime FactorsTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID22763198
PMCPMC3477300

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