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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2011 Oct 7;107(4):709–718. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03581.x

Table 1.

Listing of potential outcome domains considered by work group.

  • Arrests/incarceration

  • Change self-efficacy

  • Clinically relevant reduction in drug-related harm

  • Composite indices of problem severity

  • Coping

  • Craving

  • Days in stable housing

  • Days worked/employed or in school

  • Days/time in treatment

  • Decreased days in the hospital or ER

  • Drug withdrawal (acute and protracted)

  • Global assessment of function

  • Health

  • Intensions and plans to abstain from drug

  • Psychiatric outcomes

  • Psychosocial functioning

  • Quality of life

  • Readiness to change/stage of change

  • Social network/Social support

  • Stress

  • Subjective drug effects

  • Successful treatment completion

The five domains indicated by bold typeface met guidelines for inclusion (see text) and were recommended as outcomes in treatment studies.