title: Is exposure to an effective contingency management intervention associated with more positive provider beliefs?
abstract: This study empirically examined opinions of treatment providers regarding contingency management (CM) programs while controlling for experience with a specific efficacious CM program. In addition to empirically describing provider opinions, we examined whether the opinions of providers at the sites that implemented the CM program were more positive than those of matched providers at sites that did not implement it. Participants from 7 CM treatment sites (n = 76) and 7 matched nonparticipating sites (n = 69) within the same nodes of the National Institute of Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network completed the Provider Survey of Incentives (PSI), which assesses positive and negative beliefs about incentive programs. An intent-to-treat analysis found no differences in the PSI summary scores of providers in CM program versus matched sites, but correcting for experience with tangible incentives showed significant differences, with providers from CM sites reporting more positive opinions than those from matched sites. Some differences were found in opinions regarding costs of incentives, and these generally indicated that participants from CM sites were more likely to see the costs as worthwhile. The results from the study suggest that exposing community treatment providers to incentive programs may itself be an effective strategy in prompting the dissemination of CM interventions.
authors: Treatment Research Institute, 150 S. Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA19106, USA. kkirby@tresearch.org
authors: Kimberly C
authors: KC
authors: Kirby
authors: Carolyn M
authors: CM
authors: Carpenedo
authors: Maxine L
authors: ML
authors: Stitzer
authors: Karen L
authors: KL
authors: Dugosh
authors: Nancy M
authors: NM
authors: Petry
authors: John M
authors: JM
authors: Roll
authors: Michael E
authors: ME
authors: Saladin
authors: Allan J
authors: AJ
authors: Cohen
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Hamilton
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Reese
authors: Gina R
authors: GR
authors: Sillo
authors: Patricia Quinn
authors: PQ
authors: Stabile
authors: Robert C
authors: RC
authors: Sterling
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003376:Counseling; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004522:Educational Status; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires