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Continuing Care Following Drug Abuse Treatment: Linkage With Primary Care
Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente
Summary
This component of a larger Center of Research Excellence Grant improves treatment for drug abuse by developing effective linkages between specialty drug treatment and primary health care.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
504
Start Date
2011-03
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2024-05-02
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Linkage patient activation intervention
Usual Care plus Linkage encompassed Usual Care with the exception that the six 45-min Linkage patient activation education groups replaced the six 45-min Usual Care medical education groups, plus a linkage phone call (and/or a facilitated email) with the patient, clinician, and Primary Care physician. The patient activation intervention components -- 1) six 45-min Linkage sessions on activation regarding overall health behaviors and 2) a linkage phone call (and/or a facilitated email) with the patient, clinician, and PC physician -- were delivered by a clinical psychologist.
Locations (1)
Kaiser Permanente, Chemical Dependency Recovery Program
San Francisco, California, United States