Table 4.
Moderator | k1 | Effect Size (d)2 | 95% CI | Z Value | P value | Q betweeen (df)3 | P of Q between |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drug targeted for intervention | 6.43 (4) | 0.17 | |||||
Cocaine | 4 | 0.4 | 0.13–0.67 | 2.89 | <0.01 | ||
Opiates | 3 | 0.18 | −0.11–0.46 | 1.23 | 0.22 | ||
Opiates and cocaine | 2 | 0.43 | 0.18–0.67 | 3.42 | <0.01 | ||
Tobacco | 2 | 1.02 | 0.37–1.67 | 3.09 | <0.01 | ||
Poly substance | 1 | 0.49 | 0.23–0.74 | 3.74 | <0.001 | ||
Study decade | 1.10 (2) | 0.58 | |||||
1990–1999 | 2 | 0.51 | 0.25–0.77 | 3.83 | <0.001 | ||
2000–2009 | 3 | 0.30 | 0.01–0.59 | 2.01 | 0.05 | ||
2010 onwards | 7 | 0.40 | 0.20–0.60 | 3.93 | <0.001 | ||
Study Quality | 0.36 (2) | 0.84 | |||||
Stong | 1 | 0.48 | 0.21–0.75 | 3.43 | <0.01 | ||
Moderate | 5 | 0.36 | 0.06–0.66 | 2.32 | 0.02 | ||
Weak | 6 | 0.44 | 0.30–0.58 | 0 | <0.001 | ||
Itntervention Duration | 0.32 (2) | 0.85 | |||||
<12 Weeks | 5 | 0.47 | 0.28–0.67 | 4.73 | <0.001 | ||
12 Weeks | 2 | 0.42 | 0.18–0.67 | 3.35 | 0.04 | ||
>12 Weeks | 5 | 0.37 | 0.02–0.71 | 2.06 | <0.01 | ||
Reinforcer type | 0.41 (1) | 0.52 | |||||
Monetary Vouchers | 9 | 0.39 | 0.23–0.54 | 4.82 | <0.001 | ||
Other' | 3 | 0.51 | 0.17–0.85 | 2.94 | <0.01 | ||
Opiate treatment | 0.35 (1) | 0.55 | |||||
Methadone | 8 | 0.45 | 0.30–0.60 | 6.00 | <0.001 | ||
Other | 4 | 0.32 | −0.08–0.72 | 1.58 | 0.12 |
1Number of studies, 2Weighted random effects, 3A significant value of Q-between indicates significant differences among effect sizes between the categories of the moderator variable.