Reward, relief, and habit drinking profiles in treatment seeking individuals with an AUD.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study aimed to compare reward, relief, and habit treatment-seeking individuals on recent drinking, alcohol use disorder (AUD) phenomenology, and mood. The second aim of the study was to evaluate the predictive validity of reward, relief, and habit profiles.

Method

Treatment-seeking individuals with an AUD (n = 169) were recruited to participate in a medication trial for AUD (NCT03594435). Reward, relief, and habit drinking groups were assessed using the UCLA Reward Relief Habit Drinking Scale. Group differences at baseline were evaluated using univariate analyses of variance. A subset of participants were enrolled in a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled medication trial (n = 102), and provided longitudinal drinking and phenomenology data. The predictive vali

SUBMITTER: Grodin EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11082523 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature