Trial reportBMC psychiatry2017
Internet-based attentional bias modification training as add-on to regular treatment in alcohol and cannabis dependent outpatients: a study protocol of a randomized control trial.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Control interventions in randomised trials among people with mental health disorders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Attention Biases in Opioid, Cannabis, Stimulant Use Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
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- Theta rhythm-based attention switch training can alleviate the difficulty in disengaging from negative stimuli.iScience · 2026Article
- Effect of attentional bias modification on social media addiction: a visual dot-probe task.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Decreasing attentional bias for food cues in satiated women with obesity: a pilot study examining feasibility and acceptability.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Attentional Bias in Alcohol and Cannabis Use Disorder Outpatients as Indexed by an Odd-One-Out Visual Search Task: Evidence for Speeded Detection of Substance Cues but Not for Heightened Distraction.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Attentional bias for alcohol cues in visual search-Increased engagement, difficulty to disengage or both?PloS one · 2020Article
- Brain activation to cannabis- and alcohol-related words in alcohol use disorder.Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging · 2019Article
- Attention Bias in Individuals with Addictive Disorders: Systematic Review Protocol.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- Cognitive Biases in Cannabis, Opioid, and Stimulant Disorders: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Article
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10 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe automatic tendency to attend to and focus on substance-related cues in the environment (attentional bias), has been found to contribute to the persistence of addiction. Attentional bias modification (ABM) interventions might, therefore, contribute to treatment outcome and the reduction of relapse rates. Based on some promising research findings, we designed a study to test the clinical relevance of ABM as an add-on component of regular intervention for alcohol and cannabis patients. DESIGN/
methodsThe current protocol describes a study which will investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a newly developed home-delivered, multi-session, internet-based ABM (iABM) intervention as an add-on to treatment as usual (TAU). TAU consists of cognitive behavioural therapy-based treatment according to the Dutch guidelines for the treatment of addiction. Participants (N = 213) will be outpatients from specialized addiction care institutions diagnosed with alcohol or cannabis dependency who will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: TAU + iABM; TAU + placebo condition; TAU-only. Primary outcome measures are substance use, craving, and rates of relapse. Changes in attentional bias will be measured to investigate whether changes in primary outcome measures can be attributed to the modification of attentional bias. Indices of cost-effectiveness and secondary physical and psychological complaints (depression, anxiety, and stress) are assessed as secondary outcome measures. DISCUSSION: This randomized control trial will be the first to investigate whether a home-delivered, multi-session iABM intervention is (cost-) effective in reducing relapse rates in alcohol and cannabis dependency as an add-on to TAU, compared with an active and a waiting list control group. If proven effective, this ABM intervention could be easily implemented as a home-delivered component of current TAU.
trial registrationNetherlands Trial Register, NTR5497 , registered on 18th September 2015.
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