Alcohol-related changes in behaviors and characteristics from the baseline to the randomization session for treatment and non-treatment seeking participants with alcohol use disorder.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
; 47(6): 760-768, 2021 Nov 02.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Participants who are enrolled in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) may be more motivated to change their behaviors after being enrolled in a study and that motivation may vary by treatment status.OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of this secondary analysis were to investigate if changes in alcohol-related behaviors/characteristics from the baseline to the randomization session differed overall and to assess those differences between non-treatment and treatment seeking individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD).METHODS:
Our sample included participants from eight RCTs conducted at Brown University (N = 281, 34% female). To assess differences across alcohol-related behaviors/characteristics, we investigated changes in craving (obsessive compulsive drinking scale) and alcohol drinking (percent abstinent days, drinks per week (DPW) and percent heavy drinking days (HDD)) overall and between treatment status.RESULTS:
Results showed that there were baseline differences, such as increased AUD severity and craving for alcohol in treatment seeking participants (p's < .05) in the overall sample. Next, we showed that craving, DPW and HDD decreased and percent abstinent days increased from baseline to randomization (p's < .05). When controlling for treatment status and sociodemographic characteristics, treatment seeking, compared to non-treatment seeking participants, had a greater reduction in alcohol craving (p < .001) and a greater increase in percentage of drinking days (p < .01).CONCLUSIONS:
These findings demonstrated that alcohol-related behaviors and characteristics changed after enrollment. Severity, craving and drinking behaviors also differed between treatment-seeking status, which can potentially impact medication development stages for AUD such as clinical trial eligibility, enrollment and study outcomes.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Alcoholism
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States