SynthesisJournal of substance abuse treatment2014
How effective is continuing care for substance use disorders? A meta-analytic review.
Synthesis in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- More behavioral recommendations produce more change: A meta-analysis of efficacy of multibehavior recommendations to reduce nonmedical substance use.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Pooled it
- Change in psychosocial factors connected to coping after inpatient treatment for substance use disorder: a systematic review.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2019Pooled it
- A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Case Management for Substance Use Disorders: A Recovery Perspective.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- Feasibility and Effects of Digital Interventions to Support People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Relative and Interactive Associations of Psychosocial Intervention and Alcoholics Anonymous Attendance With Alcohol Use Disorder Outcomes.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Trial
- Efficacy and comparative effectiveness of telephone and smartphone remote continuing care interventions for alcohol use disorder: a randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Trial
- Predischarge Injectable Versus Oral Naltrexone to Improve Postdischarge Treatment Engagement Among Hospitalized Veterans with Alcohol Use Disorder: A Randomized Pilot Proof-of-Concept Study.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2017Trial
- Treatment seeking as a mechanism of change in a randomized controlled trial of a mobile health intervention to support recovery from alcohol use disorders.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Trial
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of a continuing care intervention for cocaine-dependent adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Trial
- Recovery support services as part of the continuum of care for alcohol or drug use disorders.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Observational
- Observations of substance use treatment engagement during the period of community re-entry following residential treatment.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Observational
- Impact of continuous care on cardiac function in patients with lung cancer complicated by coronary heart disease.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Follow-Up of a Sample of Patients with Substance Use Disorder After Completing a Rehabilitation Program in a Continuous Care Unit in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, from 2012 to 2022: A Retrospective Study.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
- Profiles of quality of outpatient care use, associated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and adverse outcomes among patients with substance-related disorders.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
- Individual factors predict substance use treatment course patterns among patients in community-based substance use disorder treatment.PloS one · 2023Article
- Frequencies of emergency department use and hospitalization comparing patients with different types of substance or polysubstance-related disorders.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- How do individuals with alcohol problems use social and healthcare services in Finland? Comparison of service use patterns between two high-need patient groups.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2021Article
- Conceptual framework for telehealth strategies to increase family involvement in treatment and recovery for youth opioid use disorder.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2021Article
- Success Rates of Monitoring for Healthcare Professionals with a Substance Use Disorder: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
Given the often chronic nature of substance use disorders, patients sometimes receive less intensive continuing care following an initial period of more intensive treatment. This meta-analysis estimated the effect of continuing care and formally tested several proposed moderators (intervention duration, intensity, modality, and setting) of that effect. A systematic search identified 33 controlled trials of continuing care; 19 included a no/minimal treatment condition and were analyzed to assess the overall effect of continuing care versus control. Continuing care had a small, but significant, positive effect size, both at the end of the continuing care interventions (g=0.187, p<0.001) and at follow-up (g=0.271, p<0.01). Limited by a small number of studies, analyses did not identify any significant moderators of overall effects. These results show that continuing care can provide at least modest benefit after initial treatment. We discuss study characteristics that may have reduced the magnitude of the overall continuing care effect estimate.
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