Remote Alcohol Monitoring to Facilitate Abstinence From Alcohol: Exp 2

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Directly reinforcing abstinence from alcohol with monetary incentives is an effective treatment for alcohol dependence, but barriers in obtaining frequent, verified biochemical measures of abstinence limit the dissemination of this treatment approach. As our feasibility study demonstrates, remote breathalyzer monitoring drastically improves the practicality of delivering an alcohol contingency management intervention. In Experiment 2, we will test whether the addition of remote abstinence incentives to treatment as usual improves outpatient treatment outcomes and prevents relapse following inpatient detoxification at a regional hospital system. We will also assess whether readmission rates are reduced using a newly developed smartphone app and breathalyzer.

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• Active Comparator: Group A (Intensive incentives)Már használt kezelés, összehasonlításként

  Group A will have the opportunity to earn payments based on the results of their breathalyzer screens. Participants will receive a compliance incentive per submitted sample regardless of the results, but will also have the opportunity to earn more incentives for providing negative results. For the first 3 weeks, these additional incentives will scale based on the number of consecutive days of sustained negative samples. For the remaining weeks incentives will be based on a randomized "prize" drawing.

  Kezelés: Contingency Management

• Active Comparator: Group B (Prize-based incentives)Már használt kezelés, összehasonlításként

  Group B will have the opportunity to earn payments based on the results of their breathalyzer screens. Participants will receive a compliance incentive per submitted sample regardless of the results, but will only have the opportunity to earn more incentives based on a randomized "prize" drawing if they submit a negative sample.

  Kezelés: Contingency Management

• Sham Comparator: Group C (Intensive incentives)Színlelt kezelés, összehasonlításként

  Group C serves as a direct control group to Group A and will follow the same incentive procedures, however participants will receive incentives regardless of the results of their samples.

  Kezelés: Contingency management

• Sham Comparator: Group D (Price-based incentives)Színlelt kezelés, összehasonlításként

  Group D serves as a direct control group to Group B and will follow the same incentive procedures, however participants will receive incentives regardless of the results of their samples.

  Kezelés: Contingency management

• No Intervention: Group E (no incentives)Nincs vizsgálati kezelés, összehasonlításként

  Group E will have no monitoring intervention, they will only complete assessment sessions.