Stability of Drinking Reductions and Long-term Functioning Among Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) categorizes alcohol consumption according to grams consumed into low-, medium-, high-, and very-high-risk drinking levels (RDLs). Although abstinence has been considered the ideal outcome of alcohol treatment, reductions in WHO RDLs have been proposed as primary outcomes for alcohol use disorder (AUD) trials.

Objective

The current study examines the stability of WHO RDL reductions and the association between RDL reductions and long-term functioning for up to 3 years following treatment.

Design and participants

Secondary data analysis of patients with AUD enrolled in the COMBINE Study and Project MATCH, two multi-site, randomized AUD clinical trials, who were followed for up to 3 years post-treatment (COMBINE: n = 694; MAT

SUBMITTER: Witkiewitz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7878601 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature