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Treatment refusal and premature termination in psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and their combination: A meta-analysis of head-to-head comparisons.
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The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine rates of treatment refusal and premature termination for pharmacotherapy alone, psychotherapy alone, pharmacotherapy plus psychotherapy, and psychotherapy plus pill placebo treatments. A systematic review of the literature resulted in 186 comparative trials that included a report of treatment refusal and/or premature termination for at least 2 of the 4 treatment conditions. The data from these studies were pooled using a random-effects analysis. Odds Ratio effect sizes were then calculated to compare the rates between treatment conditions, once across all studies and then again for specific client disorder categories. An average treatment refusal rate of 8.2% was found across studies. Clients who were assigned to pharmacotherapy were 1.76 times more likely to refuse treatment compared with clients who were assigned psychotherapy. Differences in refusal rates for pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy were particularly evident for depressive disorders, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder. On average, 21.9% of clients prematurely terminated their treatment. Across studies, clients who were assigned to pharmacotherapy were 1.20 times more likely to drop out compared with clients who were assigned to psychotherapy. Pharmacotherapy clients with anorexia/bulimia and depressive disorders dropped out at higher rates compared with psychotherapy clients with these disorders. Treatment refusal and dropout are significant problems in both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy and providers of these treatments should seek to employ strategies to reduce their occurrence. (PsycINFO Database Record
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Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Swift, J. K., Greenberg, R. P., Tompkins, K. A., & Parkin, S. R.
- Affiliations
- Idaho State University (US)
- SUNY Upstate Medical University (US)
- University of Alaska Anchorage (US)
- ORCID
- Swift, Joshua K.
- Venue
- Psychotherapy
- Published
- 2017-03
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 47-57
- ISSN
- 0033-3204 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1536
- OpenAlex
- W2593514681
- Cited by
- 167
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 1.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychotherapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Keywords
- treatment refusal, early termination, treatment discontinuation, pharmacotherapy, combined psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, depressive disorders, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, medication adherence
- MeSH terms
- Combined Modality Therapy, Humans, Object Attachment, Patient Dropouts, Psychotherapy, Psychotropic Drugs, Psychotherapeutic Processes, Placebo Effect, Treatment Refusal
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