Measuring Outcomes in a Health Service Addiction Clinic
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The aim of the study was to identify a method for the routine monitoring of outcomes in a busy city centre health service addiction clinic. The setting for the study was a health service addiction clinic serving a population of seven hundred and fifty thousand people. Study participants were two hundred and thirty consecutive attenders for treatment of alcohol and heroin dependence and misuse. A brief interview to obtain demographic and use data and a short battery of self completion questionnaires measuring dependence, psychological health and social satisfaction were administered at three data collection points. Different methods of follow-up were explored. The instruments used were capable of measuring change in levels of consumption, degrees of dependence, psychological health and social satisfaction over a three month period in over sixty-five per cent of the original sample while over eighty per cent of the original sample were accounted for. It was concluded that routine monitoring of outcomes of a busy National Health Service can provide meaningful clinical data for an acceptable sample of patients within a realistic resource limit.
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“93), and clinical and research utility for young adults were identified as advantages [36,46].”
- Authors
- Tober, G., Brearley, R., Kenyon, R., Raistrick, D., & Morley, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Venue
- Addiction Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2000-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 169-182
- ISSN
- 1058-6989 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2054699353
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Addiction Research & Theory (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Healthcare Quality and Management
- Keywords
- outcome measurement, addiction treatment centers, alcoholism, heroin addiction, addiction treatment, follow-up methods, patient retention, mental health, social satisfaction, National Health Service, routine outcome monitoring
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