Trial reportAddiction science & clinical practice2015
Implementation of a clinical pathway may improve alcohol treatment outcome.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Guidelines improve patient outcomes in specialised mental health care: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2021Pooled it
- Personality traits and alcohol consumption: Secondary analysis of the Self-Match Study.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Trial
- A Mobile Phone App Featuring Cue Exposure Therapy As Aftercare for Alcohol Use Disorders: An Investigator-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Trial
- Tailoring an evidence-based clinical intervention and training package for the treatment and prevention of comorbid heavy drinking and depression in middle-income country settings: the development of the SCALA toolkit in Latin America.Global health action · 2022Article
- Blended Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (Blend-A): Explorative Mixed Methods Pilot and Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Attentional Control Training for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Saying yes or no to physical activity - A comparative cohort analysis of patients seeking treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder.Addictive behaviors reports · 2019Article
- Effects of Acute Alcohol Consumption on the Human Brain: Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging and Arterial Spin-Labeling Study.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2019Article
- Effect on Completion of Clinical Pathway for Improving Clinical Indicator: Cases of Hospital Stay, Mortality Rate, and Comprehensive-Volume Ratio.Journal of medical systems · 2017Article
- Effectiveness of Optional Videoconferencing-Based Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2017Article
- Videoconferencing-Based Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders: Analyses of Nonparticipation.JMIR formative research · 2017Article
- Patient Satisfaction With Videoconferencing-based Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders.Addictive disorders & their treatment · 2017Article
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Abstract
This article describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a clinical pathway system in a two-cohort quasi-experimental study before and after implementation, controlling for confounders. The main outcome measures were retention in care and sensible alcohol use (defined as abstinent or drinking no more than 21 standard drinks per week). Patients with harmful alcohol use or dependence as their primary problem who were seeking psychosocial treatment at one of four alcohol clinics in Denmark participated in the study. After implementation of the clinical pathway system, which incorporated a structured intake, a referral and independent follow-up system, checklists, audit, and feedback, there was no change in length of stay, but significantly more patients had a good clinical outcome (stopped or moderated their consumption) at the end of treatment (OR = 1.9; 1.2-3.1). The study documents the feasibility of using a clinical pathway framework, incorporating a local monitoring system, checklists, audit, and feedback to enhance treatment quality and improve outcomes for alcohol use disorders.
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