Factors Associated with Long-Term Retention in Buprenorphine-Based Addiction Treatment Programs: a Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The average length of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder is less than 6 months.

Objective

We conducted a systematic review to determine what factors were associated with longer retention in buprenorphine treatment.

Design

We searched Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in February 2018. Articles were restricted to randomized controlled trials on human subjects, written in English, which contained ≥ 24 weeks of objective data on retention in buprenorphine treatment.

Main measures

We assessed whether dose of buprenorphine, treatment setting, or co-administration of behavioral therapy was associated with retention rates.

Key results

Over 14,000 articles were identified. Thirteen articles (describing 9 studies

SUBMITTER: Kennedy AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8810983 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature