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Shared decision-making reduces drug use and psychiatric severity in substance-dependent patients
E A G Joosten1, C A J de Jong, G H de Weert-van Oene
1Novadic-Kentron, Network for Addiction Treatment Services, Vught, The Netherlands. evelien.joosten@gmail.com
Background:
In the last decades, shared decision-making (SDM) models have been developed to increase patient involvement in treatment decisions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a SDM intervention (SDMI) for patients dependent on psychoactive substances in addiction health care programs. The intervention consisted of a structured procedure to reach a treatment agreement and comprised 5 sessions.
Methods:
Clinicians in 3 treatment centres in the Netherlands were randomly assigned to the SDMI or a standard procedure to reach a treatment agreement.
Results:
A total of 220 substance-dependent patients receiving inpatient treatment were randomised either to the intervention (n = 111) or control (n = 109) conditions. Reductions in primary substance use (F((1, 124)) = 248.38, p < 0.01) and addiction severity (F((8)) = 27.76, p < 0.01) were found in the total population. Significant change was found in the total population regarding patients' quality of life measured at baseline, exit and follow-up (F((2, 146)) = 5.66, p < 0.01). On the European Addiction Severity Index, SDMI showed significantly better improvements than standard decision-making regarding drug use (F((1, 164)) = 7.40, p < 0.01) and psychiatric problems (F((1, 164)) = 5.91, p = 0.02) at 3-month follow-up.
Conclusion:
SDMI showed a significant add-on effect on top of a well-established 3-month inpatient intervention. SDMI offers an effective, structured, frequent and well-balanced intervention to carry out and evaluate a treatment agreement.
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