School of Psychology, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2522, Australia.
Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, New South Wales, 2522, Australia.
BMC Public Health. 2020 Jan 28;20(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-8206-y.
A priority area in the field of substance dependence treatment is reducing the rates of relapse. Previous research has demonstrated that telephone delivered continuing care interventions are both clinically and cost effective when delivered as a component of outpatient treatment. This protocol describes a NSW Health funded study that assesses the effectiveness of delivering a telephone delivered continuing care intervention for people leaving residential substance treatment in Australia.
METHODS/DESIGN: All participants will be attending residential alcohol and other drug treatment provided by The Salvation Army or We Help Ourselves. The study will be conducted as a randomised controlled trial, where participants will be randomised to one of three treatment arms. The treatment arms will be: (i) 12-session continuing care telephone intervention; (ii) 4-session continuing care telephone intervention, or (iii) continuing care plan only. Baseline assessment batteries and development of the participants' continuing care plan will be completed prior to participants being randomised to a treatment condition. Research staff blind to the treatment condition will complete follow-up assessments with participants at 3-months and 6-months after they have been discharged from their residential service.
This study will provide comprehensive data on the effect of delivering the continuing care intervention for people exiting residential alcohol and other drug treatment. If shown to be effective, this intervention can be disseminated to improve the rates of relapse among people leaving residential alcohol and other drug treatment.
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12618001231235. Registered on 23rd July 2018. https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=375621&isReview=true.
物质依赖治疗领域的一个优先事项是降低复发率。先前的研究表明，当作为门诊治疗的一部分提供时，电话提供的持续护理干预在临床和成本效益方面都是有效的。本方案描述了一项新南威尔士州卫生厅资助的研究，该研究评估了在澳大利亚为离开住院物质治疗的人提供电话提供的持续护理干预的效果。
方法/设计：所有参与者都将参加救世军或我们帮助自己提供的住院酒精和其他药物治疗。该研究将作为一项随机对照试验进行，其中参与者将被随机分配到三个治疗组之一。治疗组将为：（i）12 节持续护理电话干预；（ii）4 节持续护理电话干预，或（iii）仅持续护理计划。在将参与者随机分配到治疗条件之前，将完成参与者的基线评估电池和参与者的持续护理计划的制定。对治疗条件不知情的研究人员将在参与者从住院服务出院后 3 个月和 6 个月时完成对参与者的随访评估。
本研究将提供关于为离开住院酒精和其他药物治疗的人提供持续护理干预效果的综合数据。如果证明有效，这种干预措施可以传播开来，以提高离开住院酒精和其他药物治疗的人的复发率。
澳大利亚新西兰临床试验注册处，ACTRN12618001231235。于 2018 年 7 月 23 日注册。https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=375621&isReview=true。
