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

Garland 2019.

Study characteristics
Methods Study design: randomized controlled trial
Study grouping: parallel group
Participants Substance: opioids
Baseline characteristics
Mindfulness‐based intervention
  • Number randomized: 15


Control 1
  • Number randomized: 15


Overall
  • Number randomized: 30


Included criteria: 18 years or older, admitted to MMT in the past year, chronic non‐cancer pain, English speaking
Excluded criteria: none
Number missing: 0
Reason missing: n/a
Baseline differences: not reported
Age: 50.4
Percent female: 50%
Race/Ethnicity: 53% African American, 36.7% White, 20% Hispanic
Interventions Intervention characteristics
Mindfulness‐based intervention
  • Group name: Mindfulness‐oriented recovery enhancement

  • Theory: MORE (Garland, 2013)

  • Duration: 8 weeks

  • Timing: 1x week 2hours

  • Delivery: group

  • Providers: masters‐level clinician

  • Co‐intervention: Methadone maintenance therapy

  • Integrity: supervised by first author / developer of MORE, recordings reviewed during weekly supervision

  • Compliance: not reported


Control 1
  • Group name: TAU

  • Theory: process‐oriented, present‐centered therapy and cognitive behavioral coping skills training

  • Duration: 8 weeks

  • Timing: not reported

  • Delivery: not reported

  • Providers: not reported

  • Co‐intervention: methadone maintenance therapy

  • Integrity: not reported

  • Compliance: not reported

Outcomes Treatment acceptability (attrition)
  • Outcome type: dichotomous outcome

  • Reporting: fully reported

  • Direction: lower is better

  • Data value: endpoint

  • Time point: post‐treatment

Identification Sponsorship source: NCCAM, NIDA
Country: USA
Setting: not residential
Authors name: Eric L. Garland
Institution: University of Utah
Email: eric.garland@socwk.utah.edu
Address: College of Social Work and Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development, University of Utah, 395 South, 1500 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
COI: Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW is the Director of the Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development. The Center provides Mindfulness‐Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE), mindfulness‐based therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy in the context of research trials for no cost to research participants; however, Dr. Garland has received honoraria and payment for delivering seminars, lectures, and teaching engagements (related to training clinicians in MORE and mindfulness) sponsored by institutions of higher education, government agencies, academic teaching hospitals, and medical centers. Dr. Garland also receives royalties from the sale of books related to MORE.
Diagnosis tool: receiving methadone maintenance therapy
Diagnosis type: informal
Funding: NCCAM, NIDA
Journal: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Publication type: published report
Secondary publications: none
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Judgement comment: not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Judgement comment: not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes High risk Judgement comment: no blinding
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
Treatment acceptability (attrition) Low risk Objective measure
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk Judgement comment: similar attrition across groups and not lost to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Judgement comment: protocol available and not all outcomes reported
Other bias: equivalence of baseline characteristics (selection bias) Low risk Judgement comment: no baseline differences