Substance use disorder treatment programs in Switzerland and the USA: Program characteristics and 1-year outcomes

Moggi, Franz; Giovanoli, Anna; Strik, Werner; Moos, Bernice S; Moos, Rudolf H (2007). Substance use disorder treatment programs in Switzerland and the USA: Program characteristics and 1-year outcomes. Drug and alcohol dependence, 86(1), pp. 75-83. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.05.017

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AIM: This study compared matched samples of substance use disorder (SUD) patients in Swiss and United States (US) residential treatment programs and examined the relationship of program characteristics to patients' substance use and psychosocial functioning at a 1-year follow-up. DESIGN AND SETTING: The study used a prospective, naturalistic design and a sample of 10 public programs in the German-speaking part of Switzerland and 15 US public treatment programs. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 358 male patients in Swiss programs were matched on age, marital status and education with 358 male patients in US programs. A total of 160 Swiss and 329 US patient care staff members also participated. MEASUREMENT: Patients completed comparable inventories at admission, discharge and 1-year follow-up to assess their substance use and psychological functioning and receipt of continuing care. Staff members reported on program characteristics and their beliefs about substance use. FINDINGS: Compared to Swiss patients, US patients had more severe substance use and psychological problems at intake and although they did not differ on abstinence and remission at follow-up, had somewhat poorer outcomes in other areas of functioning. Swiss programs were longer and included more individual treatment sessions; US programs included more group sessions and were more oriented toward a disease model of treatment. Overall, length of program, treatment intensity and 12-step orientation were associated with better 1-year outcomes for patients in both Swiss and US programs. CONCLUSIONS: The sample of Swiss and US programs studied here differed in patient and treatment characteristics; however, in general, there were comparable associations between program characteristics and patients' 1-year outcomes. These findings suggest that associations between treatment processes and patients' outcomes may generalize from one cultural context to another.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Management

UniBE Contributor:

Moggi, Franz (A), Giovanoli, Anna, Strik, Werner

ISSN:

0376-8716

ISBN:

16782286

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:51

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:32

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.05.017

PubMed ID:

16782286

Web of Science ID:

000242868700008

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/21522

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/21522 (FactScience: 7316)

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