title: Client evaluations of drug abuse treatment in relation to follow-up outcomes.
abstract: A national sample of drug treatment clients admitted to the Drug Abuse Treatment Program (DARP) during 1969--1972 was followed approximately 5 years after admission. Subjective evaluations of treatment were compared for clients in methadone maintenance, therapeutic community, outpatient drug-free, and outpatient detoxification treatment programs, as well as a comparison group of clients who completed intake but received no treatment. These evaluations were also analyzed in relation to client background and treatment performance measures and post-treatment outcomes. The overall evaluation of DARP treatments by former clients was generally favorable and was highest for the DARP therapeutic community. Over two-thirds of the combined treatment sample indicated satisfaction with the treatment they received and a willingness to recommend it to others. Favorable evaluation was also positively related to during-treatment performance and tenure in DARP treatment as well as to behavioral outcomes after leaving treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005006:Ethnicity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013808:Therapeutic Community
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone