Patient preferences for incentives in Contingency Management interventions in methadone treatment: A best-worst scale analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Contingency management (CM) effectively enhances adherence and retention in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). But implementing CM in resource-limited settings is challenging, particularly due to costs associated with providing incentives. In this study, we aimed to describe and quantify patient preferences regarding low-cost CM incentives to promote adherence and retention in MMT.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey using a best-worst scale (case 1) among 216 participants ages 18 or older undergoing MMT in six clinics in Hanoi, Vietnam. The study asked participants to complete 13 sets of best-worst scaling tasks. Each task presented a subset of four incentives chosen from a total of 13 incentives. Net scores for each incentive were calculated by sub

SUBMITTER: Dao TTD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12818641 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature