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. 2022 May 9;2022(5):CD012576. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012576.pub3

Silverman 2021.

Study characteristics
Methods Study design: cluster RCT
Study grouping: parallel group
Allocation concealment: method for allocation concealment not specified
Randomisation method: throughout 22 total treatment sessions, the researcher cluster randomised participants into conditions by session using a computer program. Numbers 1–22 were randomised into 2 groups and each group was assigned to either the lyric analysis or control condition.
Participants Baseline characteristics
MT + SC
  • Gender male: 37 (61%)

  • Age: 39.34 years

  • Sample size: 61


SC (wait‐list control)
  • Gender male: 27 (40%)

  • Age: 40.93 years

  • Sample size: 67


Overall
  • Gender male: 64 (50%)

  • Age: 40.14 years

  • Sample size: 128


Inclusion criteria: adults hospitalised on detoxification unit (and meeting criteria for SUD); able to read English
Exclusion criteria: none mentioned
Pretreatment: no statistically significant differences between groups at baseline for: ages; number of times admitted to a SUD rehabilitation/detoxification facility; number of service users taking part in each session who volunteered to be research participants; total number of service users in each session; gender; race; primary substance.
Interventions Intervention characteristics
MT + SC
  • Description: MT group lyric analysis session addressing motivation and commitment to sobriety

  • Session length: approximately 45 minutes

  • Frequency: single session

  • Duration of treatment: single session


SC (wait‐list control)
  • Description: wait‐list control

  • Session length: not applicable

  • Frequency: not applicable

  • Duration of treatment: not applicable

Outcomes Motivation for treatment/change (SOCRATES – Taking Steps subscale)
  • Outcome type: continuous outcome

  • Reporting: partially reported

  • Range: 8–40

  • Direction: higher is better

  • Data value: endpoint

  • Notes: used shorter 19‐item version of SOCRATES, Taking Steps scale.


Motivation for treatment/change (Recognition scale of SOCRATES)
  • Outcome type: continuous outcome

  • Reporting: partially reported

  • Range: 7–35

  • Direction: higher is better

  • Data value: endpoint

  • Notes: from short 19‐item version of SOCRATES


Motivation to stay clean/sober (CSS)
  • Outcome type: continuous outcome

  • Reporting: partially reported

  • Range: 5–30

  • Direction: higher is better

  • Data value: endpoint

Identification Sponsorship source: none
Country: USA
Setting: inpatient detoxification unit of a large teaching hospital
Author's name: Michael J Silverman
Institution: University of Minnesota
Email: silvermj@umn.edu
Address: School of Music, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Declarations of interest: no conflicts of interest reported.
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Judgement comment: participants in 22 sessions were cluster randomised via a computer program into conditions by session. The numbers 1–22 were randomised into 2 groups and each group was assigned to either the lyric analysis or control condition.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Judgement comment: insufficient information about allocation concealment to permit judgement.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk Judgement comment: missing outcome data balanced in numbers across intervention groups, with similar reasons for missing data across groups. Reasons for missing outcome data unlikely to be related to true outcome.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Judgement comment: no selective outcome reporting.
Blinding of participants and providers (performance bias) (subjective outcomes) Low risk Judgement comment: not possible to blind participants and providers to MT intervention.
Blinding of outcome assessor (detection bias) (subjective outcomes) Unclear risk Judgement comment: not possible to blind outcome assessor for self‐report outcomes, though measurement not likely to be influenced differentially between groups.