The Self Match Study: A Study of Informed Choice in the Treatment of Addiction

Kjeld Andersen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Dependence

Treatments: Behavioral: Expert Match; Behavioral: Self Match

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03278821

RESCueH, The Self Match Study

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patient self-matching (as compared with treatment as usual by expert matching) improves quality of life, retention, and outcome for patients being treated for alcohol problems.

There are at least two good reasons for offering patients a choice when the goal is a change in their behavior. The first is that patients are likely to know what treatment works best for them. Secondly, being allowed to choose between options may increase compliance in treatment. As a randomized controlled trial, this study will compare the efficacy of patient self-matching versus treatment-as-usual expert matching.

The Self-Match Study is expected to increase knowledge on the importance of involving the alcohol dependent patient in choosing what treatment method is best for him/her instead of having experts to do that. The investigators expect to discover patient involvement as a way to improve compliance in treatment, hence preventing that patients drop out of treatment to early. If this hypothesis proves to be right, clinicians will have a viable strategy for matching treatment methods to patients, since the strategy does not demand further resources in the treatment system.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Fulfilling DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence.
2. Native Danish speaking.
3. Having no severe psychosis or cognitive impairment.
4. Accepting to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Self Match

Experimental group

Description:

The patient must choose between the five possible treatment options.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self Match

Expert Match

Active Comparator group

Description:

The Patient is referred to treatment by standard procedure which is Expert Match based on patient data.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Expert Match