Gottheil E, Sterling R C, Weinstein S P
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 1997 Feb;23(1):61-6. doi: 10.3109/00952999709001687.
The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of an outreach strategy designed to engage substance-abusing individuals who did not keep their initial treatment appointment. After missing their first scheduled appointment, telephone contact was attempted for 267 consecutive prospective patients as part of an attempt to engage them in treatment. Results indicated that this telephone contact was useful at prompting these individuals to both reschedule and arrive for intake. Our concern that persons who failed to keep initial appointments might be less motivated for treatment was not supported, as results indicated that treatment retention for these subjects was similar to that of a sample of individuals who arrived for intake as scheduled. These results support the value of outreach efforts as a means of engaging substance-abusing individuals who otherwise might not have experienced treatment.
本研究旨在评估一种外展策略的效果，该策略旨在促使未按时赴首次治疗预约的药物滥用者参与治疗。在错过首次预约后，对267名连续的潜在患者进行了电话联系，作为促使他们接受治疗的一种尝试。结果表明，这种电话联系有助于促使这些人重新安排预约并前来接受入院评估。我们担心未能按时赴首次预约的人可能治疗积极性较低，但结果并未支持这一点，因为结果表明这些受试者的治疗留存率与按时前来接受入院评估的个体样本相似。这些结果支持了外展工作的价值，即作为一种促使那些原本可能无法接受治疗的药物滥用者参与治疗的手段。
