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July 30, 2026Addiction Science & Clinical PracticeOpen Access

Measures of recovery used in clinical settings among people with opioid use disorder: a rapid review of the literature

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KGKelly GagnonMBMargaret BaldwinYAYahya Alnashri

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Overview

Rapid review identifies validated recovery measures in clinical settings for opioid use disorder treatment, suggesting implications for patient care.

Key Points

  • This rapid review aims to identify and evaluate psychometrically validated recovery measures for opioid use disorder used in clinical settings in the U.S.
  • Conducted a systematic search of Embase and Health and Psychosocial Instruments databases.
  • Included peer-reviewed studies in English from 2000 to 2023 that used recovery measures for opioid use disorder.
  • Data was extracted using Rayyan and mapped to patient-centered treatment goals.
  • 19 studies met inclusion criteria, identifying 37 validated recovery measures.
  • The Addiction Severity Index was the most frequently used measure, appearing in 10 studies.
  • The construct 'avoid illicit drug use' was identified most frequently across measures, appearing in 14 studies (38%).

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Gagnon et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6af54160e2b924d3ea12bbhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-026-00700-3
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