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Association among outcomes in a naturalistic statewide assessment of substance user treatment
(Etude des liens existants entre différents indicateurs de réussite de traitement : données issues d'une enquête d'évaluation nationale)
Auteur(s) :
ARNDT, S. ;
BLACK, D. W. ;
SCHMUCKER A. ;
ZWICK J.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
1215-1234
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
25
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus mots-clés
TRAITEMENT
;
EFFICACITE
;
EVALUATION
;
CONSOMMATION
;
INCARCERATION
;
HOSPITALISATION
;
ETUDE TRANSVERSALE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2004, 39, (8), 1215-1234
Note de contenu :
tabl. ; graph.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Substance user treatment outcome measurement is important for research and policy questions, yet little literature has addressed the relationships among outcome measures of treatment success. Ideally, treatment outcomes would correlate to at least a moderate degree. The Iowa Department of Public health requires substance user treatment programs receiving public funds to provide client information. Demographic information, substance abuse history, current use, arrests, and hospitalizations were ascertained at admission and a 6-month follow-up for 1374 clients (from January 1999 to December 2000). Abstinence, arrests, and hospitalizations were good outcome measures of substance user treatment success. Reduction in frequency of use was negatively associated with arrests, substance use-related hospitalizations, and increased income. Full-time employment at follow-up produced different results depending on the client's sex. However, all associations among outcomes were modest. Specificity may be reasonable in some instances; however, other situations might require a broad-spectrum approach that ideally would produce a wide range of benefits. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation, 100 Oakdale Campus, M308 OH, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000. E-mail : stephan-arndtuiowa.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.