A latent class analysis of self-reported clinical indicators of psychosocial stability and adherence among opioid substitution therapy patients: Do stable patients receive more unsupervised doses?

Briony Larance; Natacha Carragher; Richard P. Mattick; Nicholas Lintzeris; Robert Ali; Louisa Degenhardt

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.05.018

doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.05.018

A latent class analysis of self-reported clinical indicators of psychosocial stability and adherence among opioid substitution therapy patients: Do stable patients receive more unsupervised doses?

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Drug and Alcohol Dependence4.20

Volume: 142, Pages: 46 - 55

Published: Sep 1, 2014

Abstract

To develop a stability typology among opioid substitution therapy patients using a range of adherence indicators derived from clinical guidelines, and determine whether stable patients receive more unsupervised doses. An interviewer-administered cross-sectional survey was used in opioid substitution therapy programmes in three Australian jurisdictions, totalling 768 patients in their current treatment episode for ≥4 weeks. A structured...