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Kristoffer Høiland1, Espen Kristian Ajo Arnevik2,3, Lien My Diep4
1Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
Background:
A substantial portion of patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) discontinue treatment. More knowledge of predictors of discontinuation is important for clinicians in preventing premature discontinuation and tailoring treatment to the patient.
Aim:
To investigate predictors of completion versus discontinuation in a sample from a multi-site study on outcome predictors of AUD treatment.
Methods:
The analyses included 136 patients from a multi-site study on treatment outcome predictors in group treatment of AUD. Patients were examined at baseline with measures of alcohol use, drug use, psychological symptoms, maladaptive personality functioning, and cognitive functioning. In addition, demographic factors were registered. First, we conducted univariate analyses to examine whether a measure was associated with completion or discontinuation. Second, we selected significant variables from the univariate analyses and conducted a binary logistic regression to assess predictive ability.
Results:
In total, 23.5% of participants discontinued treatment. The completer and discontinuation groups did not differ on measures of sociodemographic factors, alcohol use, substance use, mental health, or personality functioning. Executive functioning (EF) predicted discontinuation from treatment in the direction that higher EF predicted a decreased risk of discontinuation.
Conclusion:
Clinicians should examine EF before treatment to inform treatment planning and improve retention by tailoring interventions to the patients.
Trial Register:
Clinical Trials.gov ID NCT04822987.
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