Citation
Parisi, Anna; Jordan, Brooke; Jensen, Todd M.; & Howard, Matthew O. (2022). The Impact of Sexual Victimization on Substance Use Disorder Treatment Completion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Substance Abuse, 43(1), 131-142.Abstract
Background: A significant proportion of individuals seeking treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs) have experienced sexual victimization, which has been shown to disrupt the efficacy of SUD treatment services.Objective: To evaluate the relationship between lifetime sexual victimization and SUD treatment completion.
Methods: Relevant literature was identified through a systematic, computerized search of nine electronic databases (May 2018) and reference harvesting, yielding 15 peer-reviewed articles published between 1992 and 2017. Two authors independently conducted title and abstract screens, full-text reviews, data abstraction, and methodological appraisals. Risk of bias was assessed using a modified mixed-methods appraisal tool. Only nine studies met criteria for the meta-analysis, which used a random-effects model.
Results: Included studies yielded mixed results regarding the impact of sexual victimization on treatment completion. The meta-analysis yielded a non-significant trend of survivors of sexual victimization having slightly lower odds of completing treatment.
Conclusions: Findings from this systematic review and meta-analysis did not support the impact of sexual victimization on treatment completion. Methodological limitations of the extant literature limit cross-study comparisons. Future studies should document program-related factors to improve the ability to understand relationships affecting treatment completion.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2020Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2022Journal Title
Substance AbuseAuthor(s)
Parisi, AnnaJordan, Brooke
Jensen, Todd M.
Howard, Matthew O.