Customized recommendations and reminder text messages for automated, computer-based treatment during methadone.

ABSTRACT: The Recovery Line is an automated, computer-based intervention based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) designed to provide real-time assistance by phone for patients in methadone maintenance. Preliminary efficacy findings were promising, however, as with other computer-based systems for substance use disorder, patient system use was less than recommended. Development and evaluation of system functions to increase patient engagement and use is needed. Thus, we conducted two randomized trials to evaluate system functions designed to increase patient use of the Recovery Line among methadone-maintained patients with continued illicit drug use. In Trial 1 (n = 60), patients received customized, system use recommendations or no recommendations on each Recovery Line call. Ratings of system us

SUBMITTER: Moore BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5737744 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature