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. 2021 Oct 20;2021(10):CD011723. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011723.pub2

Abed 2019.

Study characteristics
Methods Study design: randomized controlled trial
Study grouping: parallel group
Participants Substance: opioids
Baseline characteristics
Mindfulness‐based intervention
  • Number randomized: 30


Control 1
  • Number randomized: 30


Overall
  • Number randomized: 60


Included criteria: undergoing MMT, having at least 2 lapses during MMT
Excluded criteria: none
Number missing: 5
Reason missing: left the study
Baseline differences: no differences
Age: 36.6
Percent female: 0%
Race/Ethnicity: 100% Iranian
Interventions Intervention characteristics
Mindfulness‐based intervention
  • Group name: MBRP

  • Theory: Witkiewitz et al. (2013)

  • Duration: 8 weeks

  • Timing: 1x week for 2 hours

  • Delivery: group

  • Providers: study first author

  • Co‐intervention: methadone

  • Integrity: not reported

  • Compliance: not reported


Control 1: no intervention
  • Co‐intervention: methadone

Outcomes Desire to use
  • Outcome type: continuous outcome

  • Reporting: fully reported

  • Direction: lower is better

  • Data value: endpoint

  • Time point: post‐treatment


Treatment acceptability (attrition)
  • Outcome type: dichotomous outcome

  • Reporting: fully reported

  • Direction: lower is better

  • Data value: endpoint

  • Time point: post‐treatment

Identification Sponsorship source: n/a
Country: Iran
Setting: not residential
Authors name: Abed
Institution: Islamic Azad University
Email: mohammadrezaabed777@gmail.com
Address: Department of Psychology, Najafabad Branch, Islamnic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
COI: none
Diagnosis tool: received methadone maintenance treatment
Diagnosis type: informal
Funding: none reported
Journal: Journal of Substance Abuse
Publication type: published report
Secondary publications: none
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes High risk No blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
Treatment acceptability (attrition) Low risk Objective measure
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All non‐attrition outcomes High risk Self‐report outcomes
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes High risk Attrition and higher attrition in MBI, used completer analysis
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No protocol available, no statement of primary outcome
Other bias: equivalence of baseline characteristics (selection bias) Low risk quote: "no differences in pre‐test scores" p. 640