Racial and ethnic differences in treatment outcomes among adults with stimulant use disorders after a dosed exercise intervention. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The current study examined differences in substance abuse treatment outcomes among racial and ethnic groups enrolled in the Stimulant Reduction Intervention using Dosed Exercise (STRIDE) trial, a multisite randomized clinical trial implemented through the National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA's) Clinical Trials Network (CTN). STRIDE aimed to test vigorous exercise as a novel approach to the treatment of stimulant abuse compared to a health education intervention. A hurdle model with a complier average causal effects (CACE) adjustment was used to provide an unbiased estimate of the exercise effect had all participants been adherent to exercise. Among 214 exercise-adherent participants, we found significantly lower probability of use for Blacks (z=-2.45, p=.014) and significantly lower number of days of use for Whites compared to Hispanics (z=-54.87, p=<.001) and for Whites compared to Blacks (z=-28.54, p=<.001), which suggests that vigorous, regular exercise might improve treatment outcomes given adequate levels of adherence.

published proceedings

  • J Ethn Subst Abuse

author list (cited authors)

  • Sanchez, K., Greer, T. L., Walker, R., Carmody, T., Rethorst, C. D., & Trivedi, M. H.

citation count

  • 8

complete list of authors

  • Sanchez, Katherine||Greer, TL||Walker, R||Carmody, T||Rethorst, CD||Trivedi, MH

publication date

  • October 2017