The efficacy of controlled trials of alcohol misuse treatments in maintaining abstinence: a meta-analysis.
Meta-analysis was used to establish the efficacy of various controlled alcohol misuse treatments in maintaining abstinence over short-term, 6-month, and 12-month follow-ups. Effect sizes were measured by odds ratio. Aggregate effect size differences between experimental and control groups were negligible. Only three of 15 studies found a clinically significant difference between treatment abstinence outcomes.
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Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D009271:Naltrexone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013695:Temperance; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D009271:Naltrexone