Development and early validation of a patient-reported outcome measure to assess sleep amongst people experiencing problems with alcohol or other drugs.

Study Objectives: To develop a patient-reported outcome measure to assess sleep amongst people experiencing problems with alcohol or other drugs.

Methods: Item development included secondary analyses of qualitative interviews with drug or alcohol users in residential treatment, a review of validated sleep measures, focus groups with drug or alcohol users in residential treatment, and feedback from drug or alcohol users recruited from community and residential settings. An initial version of the measure was completed by 549 current and former drug or alcohol users (442 in person and 107 online).

Substance use, sleep and intervention design: insights from qualitative data.

: Alcohol and other drug use is associated with poor sleep quality and quantity, but there is limited qualitative research exploring substance users' experiences of sleep and few psychosocial sleep interventions for them. : To inform the development of psychosocial interventions to improve sleep amongst people reporting drug/alcohol problems. : Qualitative data were collected during a sleep survey.

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF 'SURE': A PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURE (PROM) FOR RECOVERY FROM DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE.

Background: Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) assess health status and health-related quality of life from the patient/service user perspective. Our study aimed to: i. develop a PROM for recovery from drug and alcohol dependence that has good face and content validity, acceptability and usability for people in recovery; ii.

Personal support networks, social capital, and risk of relapse among individuals treated for substance use issues.

Background: The success of treatment for substance use issues varies with personal and social factors, including the composition and structure of the individual's personal support network. This paper describes the personal support networks and social capital of a sample of Italian adults after long-term residential therapeutic treatment for substance use issues, and analyses network correlates of post-treatment substance use (relapse).

Methods: Using a social network analysis approach, data were obtained from structured interviews (90-120 min long) with 80 former clients of a large non-governmental therapeutic treatment agency in Italy providing voluntary residential treatments and rehabilitation services for substance use issues.