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Newest firstIntroduction Pregnant women with criminal justice-system involvement (CJI) and substance use disorders (SUD) face considerable barriers that impact substance use treatment outcomes. However, limited research has investigated such factors among this population. To address this gap, we investigated associations of sociodemographic and treatment-related factors with reduced substance use and treatment completion amon…
Open article record in new tab ↗IntroductionSubstance Use Disorders (SUDs) pose significant public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is limited evidence on how service users (SUs) and front-line health care workers (HCWs) experience SUD treatment and recovery within resource constrained settings. This study explored the perspectives of SUs and HCWs to understand treatment trajectories and to identify multilevel barriers and…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge. Recent studies have compared active case-finding (ACF) with passive case-finding (PCF) and various ACF strategies, assessing diagnostic yield, treatment outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and overall TB control impact. However, evidence remains fragmented due to methodological heterogeneity. MethodsTo assess how ACF compares to PCF and to different ACF stra…
Open article record in new tab ↗AimsTherapeutic inertia is the failure to initiate or intensify treatment when clinically indicated, remains a major challenge to optimal glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. This retrospective cohort study investigated the effect of therapeutic inertia on treatment outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes receiving care at a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia. Materials and methodsA retrospecti…
Open article record in new tab ↗One of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 is to end the global TB epidemic. Translating this laudable target to reality requires strengthening collaborative tuberculosis/human Immunodeficiency Virus (TB/HIV) care at all levels to end TB in Nigeria. This study assessed the treatment outcomes of TB among people living with HIV (PLWH) and compared the treatment outcomes of TB between primary and tertiary heal…
Introduction and aims There is increasing interest and evidence for the use of cannabinoid medications in the treatment of cannabis use disorder, but little examination of the correlates of successful treatment. This paper is a secondary analysis of a randomised placebo-controlled trial of nabiximols for the treatment of cannabis use disorder (CUD), aiming to identify which client and treatment characteristics imp…
BACKGROUND: In several countries, especially in Africa, the dominant method of heroin intake is smoking a joint of cannabis laced with heroin. There is no data exploring the impact of smoking heroin with cannabis on treatment outcomes. AIM: To compare treatment outcomes between people who inject heroin and people who smoke heroin with cannabis. METHODOLOGY: Three hundred heroin users were assessed on admission to…
Open article record in new tab ↗BACKGROUND: Research has demonstrated a strong link between trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD and substance use disorders (SUDs) in general and cannabis use disorders in particular. Yet, few studies have examined the impact of cannabis use on treatment outcomes for individuals with co-occurring PTSD and SUDs. METHODS: Participants were 136 individuals who received cognitive-behavioral therapies for co-occ…
Open article record in new tab ↗The study’s purpose was to determine treatment outcomes for patients who present with drug use vs. those presenting with no drug use at admission to a psychiatric day treatment program. Consecutively admitted patients completed confidential interviews which included psychological distress and quality of life measures and provided urine specimens for toxicology at admission and six month follow-up. Subjects positiv…
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