Garland 2016.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods |
Study design: randomized controlled trial Study grouping: parallel group |
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Participants |
Substance: various substances Baseline characteristics Mindfulness‐based intervention
Control 1
Control 2
Overall
Included criteria: 18 years or older, current substance use disorder diagnosis, current psychiatric disorder diagnosis, homelessness prior to entering the therapeutic community Excluded criteria: active psychosis, substance withdrawal Number missing: 52 Reason missing: dropped out of therapeutic community, relapsed while in treatment Baseline differences: no differences on average number of substance use disorder diagnoses or trauma exposure Age: 37.6 Percent female: 0% Race/Ethnicity: 40 to 44% White, 44 to 45% Black, 12 to 14% Other |
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Interventions |
Intervention characteristics Mindfulness‐based intervention
Control 1
Control 2
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Outcomes |
Penn Alcohol Craving Scale
Treatment acceptability (attrition)
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Identification |
Sponsorship source: SAMHSA, NIDA Country: USA Setting: residential Authors name: Eric L. Garland Institution: University of Utah Email: eric.garland@socwk.utah.edu Address: 395 South, 1500 East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA. COI: The first author (ELG) developed the Mindfulness‐Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) intervention, and has received income from the MORE treatment manual (Garland, 2013) and therapist training. Diagnosis tool: MINI Diagnosis type: formal Funding: SAMHSA, NIDA Journal: Behaviour Therapy and Research Publication type: published report Secondary publications: none |
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Notes | ||
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Judgement comment: used quote: "randomizer software" |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Judgement comment: randomization table created by first author and given to study coordinator |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | Judgement comment: no blinding of participants, but research assistants blinded |
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 |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Judgement comment: dropout rate and reasons similar, used ITT |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Judgement comment: no protocol but clear statement of plausible primary outcomes |
Other bias: equivalence of baseline characteristics (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Judgement comment: no differences on some measures, but not reported for all outcomes |