Projects
- Continuing Care Project: a randomised controlled trial of a continuing care telephone intervention following residential substance dependence treatment
- Treatment experience in AOD treatment
Lead researchers
University of Wollongong
Peter Kelly, Frank Deane, Laura Robinson, Isabella Ingram, Camilla Townsend
- Associate Professor Peter Kelly
- Professor Frank Deane
- Dr Laura Robinson
- Isabella Ingram
- Camilla Townsend
External
- Amanda Baker (University of Newcastle)
- James McKay (University of Pennsylvania, US)
- Christopher Oldmeadow (University of Newcastle)
- Andrew Searles(University of Newcastle)
Partners
- The Salvation Army
- We Help Ourselves
Project description
A priority area in the field of substance dependence treatment is reducing the rates of relapse. Previous research has demonstrated that telephone delivered continuing care interventions are both clinically and cost effective when delivered as a component of outpatient treatment. We are currently conducting a NSW Health funded study that assesses the effectiveness of delivering a telephone delivered continuing care intervention for people leaving residential substance treatment in Australia.
Indicative outcomes
- The Continuing Care Project: A randomised controlled trial of a continuing care telephone intervention following residential substance dependence treatment. BMC Public Health.
- Predictors of consent and engagement to participate in telephone delivered continuing care following specialist residential alcohol and other drug treatment. Addictive Behaviors. Accepted 18 January 2021.
Funding
NSW Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Early Intervention Innovation Fund
Lead researchers
Partners
- Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (NADA)
- Kedesh Rehabilitation Services
- The Salvation Army
- We Help Ourselves
Project description
Our team have conducted a series of studies focused on understanding the experience of people attending AOD treatment. This has included examining client satisfaction using the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8), reviewing the literature on client centred care, and we are currently in the process of developing a experience measure, called the Patient Reported Experience Measure for Addiction Treatment (PREMAT), for people attending residential AOD treatment.
Indicative outcomes
- Experiences of patient centred care in alcohol and other drug treatment settings: A qualitative study to inform design of a patient reported experience measure (PREM)
- The relationship between patient centered care and outcomes in drug and alcohol treatment: A systematic literature review.
- The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8: Psychometric properties in a cross-sectional survey of people attending residential substance abuse treatment.
Funding
- NSW Health Alcohol
- Other Drugs Early Intervention Innovation Fund