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Trial reportBMC psychiatry2014

Money for medication: a randomized controlled study on the effectiveness of financial incentives to improve medication adherence in patients with psychotic disorders.

Ernst L Noordraven, Charlotte H Audier, Anton B P Staring, Andre I Wierdsma, Peter Blanken, Bas E A van der Hoorn, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Cornelis L Mulder

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC psychiatry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ernst L NoordravenDual Diagnosis Centre (CDP) Palier, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, the Netherlands. e.noordraven@erasmusmc.nl.
Charlotte H AudierDual Diagnosis Centre (CDP) Palier, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, the Netherlands. c.audier@palier.nl.
Anton B P StaringAltrecht Psychiatric Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands. niels.clmulder@wxs.nl.
Andre I WierdsmaDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, Epidemiological and Social Psychiatric Research Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. tonnie@backwash.org.
Peter BlankenParnassia Addiction Research Centre (PARC), Brijder Addiction Treatment, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, the Netherlands. a.wierdsma@erasmusmc.nl.
Bas E A van der HoornDual Diagnosis Centre (CDP) Palier, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, the Netherlands. b.van.der.hoorn@palier.nl.
Leona Hakkaart-van RoijenErasmus MC, Institute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA), Rotterdam, The Netherlands. l.hakkaart-vanroijen@erasmusmc.nl.
Cornelis L MulderDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, Epidemiological and Social Psychiatric Research Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. peter.blanken@brijder.nl.
Parnassia Groep · NLErasmus MC · NLAltrecht GGZ · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNon-adherence with antipsychotic medication is a frequently occurring problem, particularly among patients with psychotic disorders. Prior research has generally shown encouraging results for interventions based on 'Contingency Management' (CM), in which desirable behaviour is encouraged by providing rewards contingent upon the behaviour. However, little is known about the application of CM on medication adherence in patients with psychotic disorders. An earlier pilot-study by our study group showed promising results in reducing admission days and increasing adherence. The current study is a randomized controlled trial concerning the effectiveness of a CM procedure called 'Money for Medication' (M4M), aimed at improving adherence with antipsychotic depot medication in psychotic disorder patients. METHODS/

designOutpatients (n =168) with a psychotic disorder will be randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n =84), receiving a financial reward for each accepted antipsychotic medication depot, or the control group (n =84), receiving treatment as usual without financial rewards. Patients are included regardless of their previous adherence. The intervention has a duration of twelve months. During the subsequent six months follow-up, the effects of discontinuing the intervention on depot acceptance will be assessed. The primary goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of providing financial incentives for improving adherence with antipsychotic depot medication (during and after the intervention). The primary outcome measure is the percentage of accepted depots in comparison to prescription. Secondary, we will consider alternative measures of medication acceptance, i.e. the longest period of uninterrupted depot acceptance and the time expired before depot is taken. Additionally, the effectiveness of the experimental intervention will be assessed in terms of psychosocial functioning, substance use, medication side-effects, quality of life, motivation, cost-utility and patients' and clinicians' attitudes towards M4M. DISCUSSION: This RCT assesses the effectiveness and side-effects of financial incentives in improving adherence with antipsychotic depot medication in patients with psychotic disorders. This study is designed to assess whether M4M is an effective intervention to improve patients' acceptance of their antipsychotic depot medication and to examine how this intervention contributes to patients' functioning and wellbeing.

trial registrationNTR2350 .

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Medication AdherenceMotivationAgedAntipsychotic AgentsDelayed-Action PreparationsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsPsychotic DisordersTreatment OutcomeAntipsychotic AgentsDelayed-Action Preparations

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PMID25438877
PMCPMC4258939
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