Recovery housing for substance use disorder: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Recovery housing, an abstinence-based living environment, is the most widely available form of substance use disorder (SUD) recovery support infrastructure. This systematic review characterized the randomized control trials (RCT) and quasi-experimental designs (QED) research on recovery housing. We conducted a search across PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and CENTRAL published prior to February 2024. For inclusion, studies had to compare recovery housing alone to a non-recovery housing condition. Our search identified 5 eligible studies including 3 RCTs and 2 QEDs, across 11 reports. Participants Ns ranged from 150 to 470 and follow-up durations were 6-24 months. Recovery housing interventions performed better than continuing care as usual/no intervention on abstinence, income, employment

SUBMITTER: Vilsaint CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11922849 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature