Trial reportAddiction (Abingdon, England)2023
Using recovery management checkups for primary care to improve linkage to alcohol and other drug use treatment: a randomized controlled trial three month findings.
Trial report in Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Recent incarceration and minoritized racial status as barriers to the effectiveness of recovery management checkups.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Trial
- Using recovery management checkups for primary care to improve linkage to alcohol and other drug use treatment: a randomized controlled trial three month findings.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Trial
- Impact of social determinants on opioid use disorder treatment engagement after release from jail: a case note content analysis.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Article
- Interventions to improve mental health help-seeking attitudes, intentions and behaviors: A systematic review of recent advances.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- Tracking functional recovery in a community-based substance use disorder program: a five-year descriptive evaluation using the brief addiction monitor.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Design of a cluster-randomized, hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial of a care navigation intervention to increase substance use disorder treatment engagement: study protocol.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Associations between clinical AUDIT-C screens and HDL cholesterol are observed across primary care patient subgroups.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Exploring the feasibility of Recovery Management Checkups for Primary Care in a Federally Qualified Health Center.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- A randomized controlled trial of recovery management checkups for primary care patients: Twelve-month results.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsRecovery management checkups (RMC) have established efficacy for linking patients to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. This study tested whether using RMC in combination with screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT), versus SBIRT alone, can improve linkage of primary care patients referred to SUD treatment.
designA randomized controlled trial of SBIRT as usual (n = 132) versus SBIRT plus recovery management checkups for primary care (RMC-PC) (n = 134) with follow-up assessments at 3 months post-baseline.
settingFour federally qualified health centers in the United States serving low-income populations.
participantsPrimary care patients (n = 266, 64% male, 80% Black, mean age, 48.3 [range, 19-53]) who were referred to SUD treatment after SBIRT.
interventionsSBIRT alone (control condition) compared with SBIRT + RMC-PC (experimental condition). MEASUREMENT: The primary outcome was any days of SUD treatment in the past 3 months. Key secondary outcomes were days of SUD treatment overall and by level of care, days of alcohol and other drug (AOD) abstinence, and days of using specific substances, all based on self-report.
findingsAt 3-month follow-up, those assigned to SBIRT + RMC-PC (n = 134) had higher odds of receiving any SUD treatment (46% vs 20%; adjusted odds ratio = 4.50 [2.49, 8.48]) compared with SBIRT only, including higher rates of entering residential and intensive outpatient treatment. They also reported more days of treatment (14.45, vs 7.13; d = +0.26), more days abstinent (41.3 vs 31.9; d = +0.22), and fewer days of using alcohol (27.14, vs 36.31; d = -0.25) and cannabis (19.49, vs 28.6; d = -0.20).
conclusionsRecovery management checkups in combination with screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment are an effective strategy for improving linkage of primary care patients in need to substance use disorder treatment over 3 months.
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