Trial reportJournal of substance abuse treatment2015
Gender-based Outcomes and Acceptability of a Computer-assisted Psychosocial Intervention for Substance Use Disorders.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Digitally Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Meta-Analysis Across Consumption and Psychosocial Outcomes.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Blending Face-to-Face and Internet-Based Interventions for the Treatment of Mental Disorders in Adults: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Factors that facilitate treatment uptake for women with alcohol use disorders in high-income countries: A systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Determining adverse childhood experiences and their association with substance use among young adults in universities and colleges in Mombasa County, Kenya.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2026Article
- A framework for designing hybrid effectiveness-implementation trials for digital health interventions.Annals of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Assessing the feasibility, usability and acceptability of theDrug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
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- A Gender Perspective of Addictive Disorders.Current addiction reports · 2021Review
- The application of digital health to the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders: The past, current, and future role of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Article
- Sex and Gender Effects in Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2020Article
- Sex and gender differences in substance use disorders.Clinical psychology review · 2018Review
- Development of Intensive Motivational Interviewing (IMI) and Modifications for Treating Women with Alcohol Use Disorders.Journal of contemporary psychotherapy · 2018Article
- Using e-technologies in clinical trials.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Review
- Within Sex Differences from a Clinical Trial of Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Among a Nontreatment Sample.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundDigital technologies show promise for increasing treatment accessibility and improving quality of care, but little is known about gender differences. This secondary analysis uses data from a multi-site effectiveness trial of a computer-assisted behavioral intervention, conducted within NIDA's National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, to explore gender differences in intervention acceptability and treatment outcomes.
methodsMen (n=314) and women (n=192) were randomly assigned to 12-weeks of treatment-as-usual (TAU) or modified TAU+Therapeutic Education System (TES), whereby TES substituted for 2hours of TAU per week. TES is composed of 62 Web-delivered, multimedia modules, covering skills for achieving and maintaining abstinence plus prize-based incentives contingent on abstinence and treatment adherence. Outcomes were: (1) abstinence from drugs and heavy drinking in the last 4weeks of treatment, (2) retention, (3) social functioning, and (4) drug and alcohol craving. Acceptability was the mean score across five indicators (i.e., interesting, useful, novel, easy to understand, and satisfaction).
resultsGender did not moderate the effect of treatment on any outcome. Women reported higher acceptability scores at week 4 (p=.02), but no gender differences were detected at weeks 8 or 12. Acceptability was positively associated with abstinence, but only among women (p=.01).
conclusionsFindings suggest that men and women derive similar benefits from participating in a computer-assisted intervention, a promising outcome as technology-based treatments expand. Acceptability was associated with abstinence outcomes among women. Future research should explore characteristics of women who report less satisfaction with this modality of treatment and ways to improve overall acceptability.
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