Continuing Care Following Drug Abuse Treatment: Linkage With Primary Care
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- 700
Summary
- Conditions
- Alcohol Abuse
- Substance Abuse
- Substance Dependence
- Substance Addiction
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
This is a longitudinal two-arm quasi-experimental 3-month alternating off/on design over a 30 month period in which, after a random start, the Linkage condition alternately is added to Usual Care in the Chemical Dependency (CD) clinic and then removed. We compare Usual Care to Usual Care plus Linkag...
This is a longitudinal two-arm quasi-experimental 3-month alternating off/on design over a 30 month period in which, after a random start, the Linkage condition alternately is added to Usual Care in the Chemical Dependency (CD) clinic and then removed. We compare Usual Care to Usual Care plus Linkage. Follow-up interviews will be conducted at 6, 12 and 24 months. The Linkage intervention includes Usual Care plus 1) sessions on activation regarding overall health behaviors and on selecting a Primary Care physician and communicating with him/her, and 2) a linkage phone call (and/or a facilitated email) with the patient, clinician, and Primary Care physician. The intervention aims to place drug abuse problems in the context of overall health and health care and to activate patients to increase involvement in their own health care.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT01621711
- Collaborators
- Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Constance M Weisner, DrPH, LCSW Kaiser Permanente
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