TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementation fidelity of Multidimensional Family Therapy in an international trial
AU - Rowe, Cynthia
AU - Rigter, Henk
AU - Henderson, Craig
AU - Gantner, Andreas
AU - Mos, Kees
AU - Nielsen, Philip
AU - Phan, Olivier
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was part of a transnational effort to stimulate cannabis research, jointly funded by the (federal) Ministries of Health of Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and by MILDT: the Mission Interministerielle de Lutte Contre la Drogue et de Toximanie, France. These funding agencies had no influence on the design and the execution of the study, or on the interpretation and reporting of its results. We also gratefully acknowledge the work of the INCANT Study Team (IST) and Steering Committee, all therapists and supervisors working at each study site, the MDFT clinical trainers, and the adolescents and families who participated.
Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - Implementation fidelity, a critical aspect of clinical trials research that establishes adequate delivery of the treatment as prescribed in treatment manuals and protocols, is also essential to the successful implementation of effective programs into new practice settings. Although infrequently studied in the drug abuse field, stronger implementation fidelity has been linked to better outcomes in practice but appears to be more difficult to achieve with greater distance from model developers. In the INternational CAnnabis Need for Treatment (INCANT) multi-national randomized clinical trial, investigators tested the effectiveness of Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) in comparison to individual psychotherapy (IP) in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, The Hague, and Geneva with 450 adolescents with a cannabis use disorder and their parents. This study reports on the implementation fidelity of MDFT across these five Western European sites in terms of treatment adherence, dose and program differentiation, and discusses possible implications for international implementation efforts.
AB - Implementation fidelity, a critical aspect of clinical trials research that establishes adequate delivery of the treatment as prescribed in treatment manuals and protocols, is also essential to the successful implementation of effective programs into new practice settings. Although infrequently studied in the drug abuse field, stronger implementation fidelity has been linked to better outcomes in practice but appears to be more difficult to achieve with greater distance from model developers. In the INternational CAnnabis Need for Treatment (INCANT) multi-national randomized clinical trial, investigators tested the effectiveness of Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) in comparison to individual psychotherapy (IP) in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, The Hague, and Geneva with 450 adolescents with a cannabis use disorder and their parents. This study reports on the implementation fidelity of MDFT across these five Western European sites in terms of treatment adherence, dose and program differentiation, and discusses possible implications for international implementation efforts.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Drug abuse treatment
KW - Implementation fidelity
KW - International multi-site trial
KW - Multidimensional Family Therapy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jsat.2012.08.225
DO - 10.1016/j.jsat.2012.08.225
M3 - Article
C2 - 23085040
AN - SCOPUS:84873746832
VL - 44
SP - 391
EP - 399
JO - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
JF - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
SN - 0740-5472
IS - 4
ER -
