An international, multidisciplinary consensus set of patient-centered outcome measures for substance-related and addictive disorders
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Date
2024
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Abstract
In 1990, the United States’ Institute of Medicine promoted the principles of outcomes monitoring in the alcohol and other drugs treatment field to improve the evidence synthesis and quality of research. While various national outcome measures have been developed and employed, no global consensus on standard measurement has been agreed for addiction. It is thus timely to build an international consensus. Convened by the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM), an international, multi-disciplinary working group reviewed the existing literature and reached consensus for a globally applicable minimum set of outcome measures for people who seek treatment for addiction. To this end, 26 addiction experts from 11 countries and 5 continents, including people with lived experience (n = 5; 19%), convened over 16 months (December 2018–March 2020) to develop recommendations for a minimum set of outcome measures. A structured, consensus-building, modified Delphi process was employed. Evidence-based proposals for the minimum set of measures were generated and discussed across eight videoconferences and in a subsequent structured online consultation. The resulting set was reviewed by 123 professionals and 34 people with lived experience internationally.
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addiction, addictive disorders, consensus set, core outcome set, Delphi
Citation
Black, N., Chung, S., Tisdale, C., Fialho, L.S., Aramrattana, A., Assanangkornchai, S., Blaszczynski, A., Bowden-Jones, H., van den Brink, W., Brown, A. and Brown, Q.L., 2024. An international, multidisciplinary consensus set of patient-centered outcome measures for substance-related and addictive disorders. Journal of clinical medicine, 13(7), p.2154.