Substance use disorder treatment retention and completion: a prospective study of horse-assisted therapy (HAT) for young adults
| Autor: | Espen Walderhaug, Ann Kern-Godal, Espen Ajo Arnevik, Edle Ravndal |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Complementary Therapies Male medicine.medical_specialty Randomization Time Factors Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders Addiction Substance use Treatment completion Horse-assisted therapy (HAT) Young Adult Alternative/complementary treatment Quality of life Internal medicine parasitic diseases Medicine Animals Humans Horses Prospective Studies Young adult Psychiatry Prospective cohort study Medicine(all) business.industry Norway Research Dropout General Medicine Odds ratio medicine.disease Mental health Patient Discharge Substance abuse Clinical trial Equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP) Mental Health Treatment Outcome Quality of Life Female business Duration of treatment |
| Zdroj: | Addiction Science & Clinical Practice |
| ISSN: | 1940-0640 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13722-015-0043-4 |
| Popis: | Background Keeping substance use disorder patients actively engaged in treatment is a challenge. Horse-assisted therapy (HAT) is increasingly used as a complementary therapy, with claimed motivational and other benefits to physical and psychological health. This naturalistic study aimed to assess HAT’s impact on the duration and completion of treatment for young substance users at Oslo University Hospital. Methods Discharge and other data were derived from the Youth Addiction Treatment Evaluation Project (YATEP) database for patients (n = 108) admitted during an 18-month period. An intention-to-treat design, and univariate and multivariate analyses were used to compare those receiving treatment as usual (n = 43) with those who received treatment as usual plus HAT (n = 65). Results Despite a lack of randomization, the baseline characteristics of the two groups were similar. However, more HAT participants completed treatment (56.9 vs 14 %, p |
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