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Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2016

The effects of the therapeutic workplace and heavy alcohol use on homelessness among homeless alcohol-dependent adults.

Emily Carlson, August F Holtyn, Michael Fingerhood, Dara Friedman-Wheeler, Jeannie-Marie S Leoutsakos, Kenneth Silverman

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emily CarlsonJohns Hopkins University, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
August F HoltynJohns Hopkins University, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. Electronic address: aholtyn1@jhmi.edu.
Michael FingerhoodJohns Hopkins University, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Dara Friedman-WheelerGoucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, MD 21204, USA.
Jeannie-Marie S LeoutsakosJohns Hopkins University, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Kenneth SilvermanJohns Hopkins University, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USGoucher College · US

Funding

HUMAN BEHAVIORAL PHARMACOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSET32DA007209 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Eric C. Strain, Elise M Weerts · 1985 to 2026
$12.9M
Employment-Based Depot Naltrexone Clinical TrialR01DA019497 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SILVERMAN, KENNETH · 2005 to 2016
$6.3M
Abstinence-Contingent Wage Supplements for Long-Term Treatment of Drug AddictionR01DA037314 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SILVERMAN, KENNETH · 2015 to 2019
$3.4M
A THERAPEUTIC WORKPLACE FOR HOMELESS ALCOHOLICSR01AA012154 · NIAAA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SILVERMAN, KENNETH · 2000 to 2004
$2.9M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA012154NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA019497NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA037314NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007209
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA clinical trial demonstrated that a therapeutic workplace could promote alcohol abstinence in homeless, alcohol-dependent adults. This secondary-data analysis examined rates of homelessness and their relation to the therapeutic workplace intervention and alcohol use during the trial.

methodsIn the trial, homeless, alcohol-dependent adults could work in a therapeutic workplace for 6 months and were randomly assigned to Unpaid Training, Paid Training, or Contingent Paid Training groups. Unpaid Training participants were not paid for working. Paid Training participants were paid for working. Contingent Paid Training participants were paid for working if they provided alcohol-negative breath samples. Rates of homelessness during the study were calculated for each participant and the three groups were compared. Mixed-effects regression models were conducted to examine the relation between alcohol use (i.e., heavy drinking, drinks per drinking day, and days of alcohol abstinence) and homelessness.

resultsUnpaid Training, Paid Training, and Contingent Paid Training participants did not differ in the percentage of study days spent homeless (31%, 28%, 17%; respectively; F(2,94)=1.732, p=0.183). However, participants with more heavy drinking days (b=0.350, p<0.001), more drinks per drinking day (b=0.267, p<0.001), and fewer days of alcohol abstinence (b=-0.285, p<0.001) spent more time homeless.

conclusionsReducing heavy drinking and alcohol use may help homeless, alcohol-dependent adults transition out of homelessness.

Indexed as

AdultAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholismFemaleHumansIll-Housed PersonsMaleSocial ProblemsWorkplaceAlcoholHeavy drinkingHomelessTherapeutic workplace

Identifiers

PMID27648854
PMCPMC5086279
OpenAlexW2520287130

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