Contingency management to promote treatment engagement in comorbid alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease: Findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) is a leading cause of preventable death and health inequalities. Evidence-based interventions for comorbid alcohol use disorder (AUD) and ARLD remain limited, and only a small proportion of this clinical population engages with treatment. There is a need to improve patient outcomes by bridging this gap through novel, person-centred interventions. Contingency management (CM) is a psychosocial intervention that involves gradual, increasing incentives upon the completion of treatment-related goals, such as treatment attendance. This single-centre, randomized pilot trial of voucher-based CM was conducted to promote treatment engagement in comorbid AUD and ARLD.

Methods

Thirty service users were recruited from an inpatient setting,

SUBMITTER: Hemrage S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12012876 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature