TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Aftercare
KW - Ambulatory Care
KW - Continuity of Patient Care/organization & administration
KW - Counseling
KW - Documentation
KW - Feasibility Studies
KW - Female
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data
KW - Humans
KW - Length of Stay
KW - Long-Term Care/methods
KW - Male
KW - Patient Compliance
KW - Remote Consultation/methods
KW - Research Design
KW - Substance-Related Disorders/psychology/therapy
KW - Telephone
KW - Treatment Outcome
AU - R. L. Hubbard
AU - J. D. Leimberger
AU - L. Haynes
AU - A. A. Patkar
AU - J. Holter
AU - M. R. Liepman
AU - K. Lucas
AU - B. Tyson
AU - T. Day
AU - E. A. Thorpe
AU - B. Faulkner
AU - A. Hasson
AU - National Institute on Drug Abuse
A1 - 
AB - The TELE study examined the feasibility and potential efficacy of phone calls to patients after discharge from short- term inpatient and residential substance abuse treatment programs to encourage compliance with continuing care plans. After review of their continuing care plans, 339 patients from four programs were randomized either to receive calls or to have no planned contact. Ninety-two percent of patients randomized to receive calls received at least one call. No difference was found between groups in self-reported attendance at one or more outpatient counseling sessions after discharge (p = .89). When program records of all participants were examined, those receiving calls had a greater likelihood of documented attendance (48%) than those not called (37%). Results were not statistically significant (p < .003) because of the Hochberg correction for multiple tests. While the phone calls were feasible, the lack of clear evidence of efficacy of the calls suggests the need for further investigation of the role of telephone intervention to encourage compliance and improve outcomes.
BT - The American Journal on Addictions / American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addictions
C5 - HIT & Telehealth
CP - 6
CY - United States
DO - 10.1080/10550490701641678
IS - 6
JF - The American Journal on Addictions / American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addictions
N2 - The TELE study examined the feasibility and potential efficacy of phone calls to patients after discharge from short- term inpatient and residential substance abuse treatment programs to encourage compliance with continuing care plans. After review of their continuing care plans, 339 patients from four programs were randomized either to receive calls or to have no planned contact. Ninety-two percent of patients randomized to receive calls received at least one call. No difference was found between groups in self-reported attendance at one or more outpatient counseling sessions after discharge (p = .89). When program records of all participants were examined, those receiving calls had a greater likelihood of documented attendance (48%) than those not called (37%). Results were not statistically significant (p < .003) because of the Hochberg correction for multiple tests. While the phone calls were feasible, the lack of clear evidence of efficacy of the calls suggests the need for further investigation of the role of telephone intervention to encourage compliance and improve outcomes.
PP - United States
PY - 2007
SN - 1055-0496; 1055-0496
SP - 495
EP - 502
EP - 
T1 - Telephone enhancement of long-term engagement (TELE) in continuing care for substance abuse treatment: a NIDA clinical trials network (CTN) study
T2 - The American Journal on Addictions / American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addictions
TI - Telephone enhancement of long-term engagement (TELE) in continuing care for substance abuse treatment: a NIDA clinical trials network (CTN) study
U1 - HIT & Telehealth
U3 - 10.1080/10550490701641678
VL - 16
VO - 1055-0496; 1055-0496
Y1 - 2007
ER -