Improving the transition from residential to outpatient addiction treatment: gender differences in response to supportive telephone calls.
Substance use relapse rates are often high in the first months after discharge from inpatient substance abuse treatment, and patient adherence to aftercare plans is often low. Four residential addiction treatment centers participated in a feasibility study designed to estimate the efficacy of a post-discharge telephone intervention intended to encourage compliance with aftercare. A total of 282 participants (100 women, 182 men) with substance use disorders were included in this secondary analysis. The findings revealed that women were more likely than men to attend aftercare. This "gender effect" persisted after adjustment for a number of potential mediators.
Carter
Rickey E
RE
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA. carterre@musc.edu
Haynes
Louise F
LF
Back
Sudie E
SE
Herrin
Amy E
AE
Brady
Kathleen T
KT
Leimberger
Jeff D
JD
Sonne
Susan C
SC
Hubbard
Robert L
RL
Liepman
Michael R
MR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare / Q000379:methods; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012008:Recurrence; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000379:methods*; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012737:Sex Factors; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000379:methods*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D013689:Telephone; D016896:Treatment Outcome