Project MATCH Monograph Series, Volume 7 Strategies for Facilitating Protocol Compliance in Alcoholism Treatment Research Edited By: Allen Zweben, D.S.W. David Barrett, M.S. Kathleen Carty, M.S.W. Bonnie McRee, M.A. Priscilla Morse, M.A. Christopher Rice, Ph.D. Project MATCH Monograph Series: Margaret E. Mattson, Ph.D., Editor Megan Columbus, Assistant Editor U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service National Institutes of Health National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 5635 Fishers Lane Bethesda, Maryland 20892–9304 NIH Publication No. 98-4144 Printed 1998 Project MATCH is supported by grants under a cooperative agreement funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and implemented by nine clinical research units and a data coordinating center. It was initiated and is administered by the Treatment Research Branch, NIAAA.		Note: This manual is in the public domain and has been scanned by the ADAI Library as a service to researchers and clinicians. NIAAA has not endorsed this web site. To see other monographs in this series, visit our Project MATCH Monograph Series page. To order print copies of the MATCH Monographs, visit the NIAAA web site.   Download entire monograph (pdf, 3.05 MB) CONTENTS (pdf) Cover, Acknowledgments, Contents, Preface Why We Wrote This Monograph (166 KB) Background Challenges to Compliance Research Compliance Model Practical Strategies Dealing with Difficult Clients Maintaining Boundaries Between Data Collection and Therapy High Compliance Rates in Project MATCH Strategies for Maintaining Compliance (589 KB) Select the Site Define the Population Incorporate the Research into the Site Select and Train Research Staff Establish a System for Tracking Participants Educate Potential Participants Be Proactive Toward Compliance Negotiate an Explicit Contract Handling Noncompliance (887 KB) Addressing Compliance: A Balancing Act Developing a Plan Locating Lost Participants Relocation Strategies Resistant or Refusing Participants Other Issues Involving and Maintaining Collaterals (290 KB) Consider the Many Dimensions The Enrollment Interview Training Collateral Interviewers Responding to Special Situations Setting Up and Maintaining an Electronic Data Base (381 KB) Computerized Tracking The Low-Tech Alternative Determine Your Needs Choosing a Computer Data Base The Relational Data Base Project MATCH - A Case Study (363 KB) References (84.9 KB) Appendix A - A Participant's Guide to Alcoholism Research (42.8 KB) Appendix B - Routine Forms and Letters (120 KB) Appendix C - Letters to Address Compliance Problems (85.2 KB) Appendix D - Letters to Collaterals (25.7 KB) Appendix E - Coordinating Center Forms (46.2 KB)