Advantages of telephone assistance on adherence to treatment in patients with alcohol and other addictions during the Covid19 pandemic/Beneficios de la atenci n telef nica durante la pandemia covid19 en la adherencia terap utica en pacientes con alcoholismo y otras adicciones
The Covid19 pandemic has led to many publications about its influence on the treatment and evolution of individuals with a substance use disorder, leading to contradictory results. In this study, the adherence and abstinence rates of patients who started treatment in an Addictive Behavior Unit durin...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Adicciones (Palma de Mallorca) 2024-03, Vol.36 (1), p.103 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The Covid19 pandemic has led to many publications about its influence on the treatment and evolution of individuals with a substance use disorder, leading to contradictory results. In this study, the adherence and abstinence rates of patients who started treatment in an Addictive Behavior Unit during the pandemic arc analyzed, compared with others who attended the previous year and comparing those who were attended in person or by phone. The results indicate that during the Covid19 period, patients had greater adherence to treatment after one month of follow up and when attended to by phone. At 3 and 12 months, greater adherence was maintained, although it was not statistically significant. Regarding abstinence, the small sample size made it difficult to obtain significant differences. The conclusion is that, despite a quantitative decrease in the number of patients beginning drug treatment, in qualitative terms the pandemic led to greater adherence in the short and medium term. Telephone attention can play an important and positive role at this point, complementary to other resources and interventions. Keywords: substance addiction, substance abuse treatment centers, covid19 pandemic, telephone interview, treatment adherence and compliance, telemedicine La pandemia por covid19 ha generado muchas publicaciones acerca de su influencia en el tratamiento y evoluci n de personas con un trastorno por uso de sustancias, con resultados contradictorios, a veces basadas en datos y otras en inferencias indirectas de otros datos. En este trabajo se estudia la adherencia y tasas de abstinencia de pacientes que inician tratamiento en una Unidad de Conductas Adictivas durante la pandemia, respecto a otros que acudieron el a o previo y comparando los que hicieron visita presencial o telef nica. Los resultados indicaron mejor adherencia al mes de seguimiento en los pacientes del periodo covid19 y en los que fueron atendidos telef nicamente. A los 3 y 12 meses se mantuvo una mejor adherencia, aunque no significativa estad sticamente. Respecto a la abstinencia, el peque o tama o de la muestra dificult obtener diferencias significativas. Se concluye que la pandemia, aunque ha significado una disminuci n del n mero de inicios de tratamientos por consumo de sustancias, tambi n ha repercutido en una mayor adherencia a corto y medio plazo. La atenci n telef nica puede jugar un papel importante y positivo en este aspecto, complementario a otros recursos e intervenciones. Palabras |
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ISSN: | 0214-4840 |