Annie Lévesque1, Aimee N C Campbell2, Martina Pavlicova3, Mei-Chen Hu2, Robrina Walker4, Erin A McClure5, Udi E Ghitza6, Genie Bailey7, Maxine Stitzer8, Edward V Nunes2. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai West Hospital, New York, NY, United States. Electronic address: alevesque@chpnet.org. 2. New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, United States. 3. Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States. 4. Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States. 5. Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Charleston, SC, United States. 6. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Center for the Clinical Trials Network (CCTN), Bethesda, MD, United States. 7. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Stanley Street Treatment and Resources, Inc, Fall River, MA, United States. 8. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Coping strategies are a predictor of abstinence among patients with substance use disorders. However, little is known regarding the role of coping strategies in the effectiveness of the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA). Using data from a 12week randomized control trial assessing the effectiveness of the Therapeutic Education System (TES), an internet-delivered version of the CRA combined with contingency management, we tested the role of coping strategies as a mediator of treatment effectiveness. METHODS:507 participants entering 10 outpatient addiction treatment programs received eithertreatment-as-usual (TAU), a counselor-delivered treatment (Arm 1), or reduced TAU plus TES wherein 2h of TAU per week were replaced by TES (Arm 2). Abstinence from drugs and alcohol was evaluated using urine toxicology and self-report. Coping strategies were measured using the Coping Strategies Scale-Brief Version. Mediation analyses were done following Baron and Kenny's and path analysis approaches. RESULTS: The average baseline coping strategies scores were not significantly different between the two treatment arms. Overall, TES intervention was significantly associated with higher coping strategies scores when accounting for baseline scores (F1,1342=8.3, p=0.004). Additionally, higher coping strategies scores at week 12 were associated with an increased likelihood of abstinence during the last 4weeks of the treatment, while accounting for treatment assignment and baseline abstinence. The effect of TES intervention on abstinence was no longer significant after controlling for coping strategies scores at week 12. CONCLUSION: Our results support the importance of coping skills as a partial mediator of the effectiveness of an internet-version of the CRA combined with contingency management. Copyright Â
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OBJECTIVE: Coping strategies are a predictor of abstinence among patients with substance use disorders. However, little is known regarding the role of coping strategies in the effectiveness of the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA). Using data from a 12week randomized control trial assessing the effectiveness of the Therapeutic Education System (TES), an internet-delivered version of the CRA combined with contingency management, we tested the role of coping strategies as a mediator of treatment effectiveness. METHODS: 507 participants entering 10 outpatient addiction treatment programs received either treatment-as-usual (TAU), a counselor-delivered treatment (Arm 1), or reduced TAU plus TES wherein 2h of TAU per week were replaced by TES (Arm 2). Abstinence from drugs and alcohol was evaluated using urine toxicology and self-report. Coping strategies were measured using the Coping Strategies Scale-Brief Version. Mediation analyses were done following Baron and Kenny's and path analysis approaches. RESULTS: The average baseline coping strategies scores were not significantly different between the two treatment arms. Overall, TES intervention was significantly associated with higher coping strategies scores when accounting for baseline scores (F1,1342=8.3, p=0.004). Additionally, higher coping strategies scores at week 12 were associated with an increased likelihood of abstinence during the last 4weeks of the treatment, while accounting for treatment assignment and baseline abstinence. The effect of TES intervention on abstinence was no longer significant after controlling for coping strategies scores at week 12. CONCLUSION: Our results support the importance of coping skills as a partial mediator of the effectiveness of an internet-version of the CRA combined with contingency management. Copyright Â
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