Profiles of patients with substance-related disorders who dropped out or not from addiction treatment.

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      Publisher: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press Country of Publication: Ireland NLM ID: 7911385 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1872-7123 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01651781 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Psychiatry Res Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Limerick : Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press
      Original Publication: Amsterdam, Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press.
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    • Abstract:
      This longitudinal study identified profiles of patients with substance-related disorders (SRD) who did or did not drop out of specialized addiction treatment, integrating various patterns of outpatient service use. Medical administrative databases of Quebec (Canada) were used to investigate a cohort of 16,179 patients with SRD who received specialized addiction treatment. Latent class analysis identified patient profiles, based on multi-year outpatient service use. Four patient profiles related to treatment dropout were identified: patients who did not drop out and were low service users (Profile 1); patients who did not drop out and were high service users (Profile 2); patients who dropped out and were low service users (Profile 3); patients who dropped out and were high service users (Profile 4). Profile 1 had the best health and social conditions, while Profile 4 had the worst. The risks of being frequent emergency department users, being hospitalized or dying were highest in Profile 4, followed by Profiles 3, 2 and 1. Assertive treatment programs may be suited to Profile 4 and intensive case management programs to Profile 3. Collaborative care with higher psychosocial interventions and regularity of care may be extended to Profile 2 and interventions integrating motivational treatment to Profile 1.
      Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
      (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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      Keywords: Adverse outcomes; Latent class analysis; Profiles; Substance-related disorders; Treatment dropout
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20231014 Date Completed: 20231103 Latest Revision: 20231113
    • Publication Date:
      20231114
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115532
    • Accession Number:
      37837812