Do financial incentives increase mental health treatment engagement? A meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Engagement in mental health treatment is low, which can lead to poor outcomes. We evaluated the efficacy of offering patients financial incentives to increase their mental health treatment engagement, also referred to as contingency management.

Method

We meta-analyzed studies offering financial incentives for mental health treatment engagement, including increasing treatment attendance, medication adherence, and treatment goal completion. Analyses were run within a multilevel framework. All study designs were included, and sensitivity analyses were run including only randomized and high-quality studies.

Results

About 80% of interventions incentivized treatment for substance use disorders. Financial incentives significantly increased treatment attendance (Hed

SUBMITTER: Khazanov GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10603786 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature