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Incentives Improve Outcome in Outpatient Behavioral Treatment of Cocaine Dependence

Stephen T. Higgins, PhD; Alan J. Budney, PhD; Warren K. Bickel, PhD; Florian E. Foerg; Robert Donham, MA; Gary J. Badger, MS

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1994;51(7):568-576.


Abstract



Objective
To assess whether incentives improved treatment outcome in ambulatory cocaine-dependent patients.

Method
Forty cocaine-dependent adults were randomly assigned to behavioral treatment with or without an added incentive program. The behavioral treatment was based on the Community Reinforcement Approach and was provided to both groups. Subjects in the group with incentives received vouchers exchangeable for retail items contingent on submitting cocaine-free urine specimens during weeks 1 through 12 of treatment, while the group without incentives received no vouchers during that period. The two groups were treated the same during weeks 13 through 24.

Results
Seventy-five percent of patients in the group with vouchers completed 24 weeks of treatment vs 40% in the group without vouchers (P=.03). Average durations of continuous cocaine abstinence documented via urinalysis during weeks 1 through 24 of treatment were 11.7±2.0 weeks in the group with vouchers vs 6.0±1.5 weeks in the group without vouchers (P=.03). At 24 weeks after treatment entry, the voucher group evidenced significantly greater improvement than the no-voucher group on the Drug scale of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI). and only the voucher group showed significant improvement on the ASI Psychiatric scale.

Conclusions
Incentives delivered contingent on submitting cocaine-free urine specimens significantly improve treatment outcome in ambulatory cocainedependent patients.



Author Affiliations



From the Departments of Psychiatry (Drs Higgins, Budney, and Bickel and Messrs Foerg and Donham), Psychology (Drs Higgins, Budney, and Bickel), and Medical Biostatistics (Mr Badger), University of Vermont, Burlington.



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