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. 2017 Nov;53(8):972-983.
doi: 10.1007/s10597-017-0105-z. Epub 2017 Feb 8.

Factors Predicting Patient's Allocation to Short- and Long-Term Therapeutic Community Treatments in the Italian VOECT Cohort Study

F Vigna-Taglianti  1   2 , F Mathis  3 , R Diecidue  3 , E Trogu  4 , U Kirchmayer  5 , J Ghibaudi  6 , G Piras  5 , A Camposeragna  6 , A Saponaro  7 , L Amato  5 , M Davoli  5 , F Faggiano  3   8 , P P Pani  9 ; VOECT Study Group
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Factors Predicting Patient's Allocation to Short- and Long-Term Therapeutic Community Treatments in the Italian VOECT Cohort Study

F Vigna-Taglianti et al. Community Ment Health J. 2017 Nov.
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Abstract

The Evaluation of Therapeutic Community Treatments and Outcomes (VOECT) study was conducted in 131 Italian Therapeutic Communities (TCs) in 2008/2009. All of the patients entering residential treatment for drug or alcohol dependence were invited to participate. Data regarding patient socio-demographic characteristics, drug and alcohol consumption, health and psychopathological status, prior treatments and outcomes, and their motivation score were collected upon enrolment onto the study. The aim of this work was to identify the factors associated with allocation to short- versus long-term programmes in drug or alcohol dependent patients entering TCs in Italy. Of the 2470 patients included in the analysis, 30.8% were allocated to short-term treatment and 69.2% to long-term treatment. Several factors were significantly associated with the allocation to short- and long-term treatments: unstable living conditions; entering the TC when not detoxified; a high Symptom Checklist-90 somatization score; prior cessation episodes; previous in-patient detoxification treatments; psychosocial treatments; entering the TC by oneself; and a low motivation score.

Keywords: Addiction; Long-term treatment; Patient characteristics; Short-term treatment; Therapeutic Community.

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