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Validating a Survey for Addiction Wellness: The Recovery Capital Index
South Dakota Medicine
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Background: Evaluating addiction wellness encompasses more than sobriety. The Recovery Capital Index (RCI), developed by Face It TOGETHER (FIT), measures addiction wellness using three domains and 22 components providing a comprehensive baseline and assessment of intervention effectiveness to allow for the tracking of client progress and to tailor support. The RCI is a holistic, person-centered metric irrespective of a person’s treatment modality, recovery, or wellness…Abstract
Background: Evaluating addiction wellness encompasses more than sobriety. The Recovery Capital Index (RCI), developed by Face It TOGETHER (FIT), measures addiction wellness using three domains and 22 components providing a comprehensive baseline and assessment of intervention effectiveness to allow for the tracking of client progress and to tailor support. The RCI is a holistic, person-centered metric irrespective of a person’s treatment modality, recovery, or wellness pathway.
Methods: FIT and Sanford Research set a goal to validate the RCI’s effectiveness to measure the factors associated with addiction wellness through a retrospective cohort study of FIT clients with the disease of addiction to alcohol and/or other drugs. Study cohort included 154 client intake records with corresponding RCI scores. The RCI was subjected to descriptive analyses using stacked barplots and side-by-side boxplots. The Cronbach and correlation coefficients were used to check the reliability and validity of the components within each domain. Differences of RCI against clients’ characteristics were examined using Tukey’s test of multiple comparisons of means.
Results: The validation process verified the design of the RCI domains – personal, social, and cultural capital. Variables significantly related to addiction wellness, based on the RCI, are: primary addiction, addiction iden- tification, employment, and income. The RCI accurately described the individual’s current state of recovery.
Conclusions: This project validated the RCI as a tool to measure addiction wellness. The RCI measures what it is intended to measure. The results allow FIT and Sanford Research to next validate the RCI instrument’s predictive nature for measuring behavior change.Other authorsSee publication
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Innovations in Digital Health: Technologies Shaping the Future of Health Care | Executive Education at Harvard Medical School
2019
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Bush Fellow
Bush Foundation
The Bush Foundation’s Fellows are 23 leaders with records of achievement and extraordinary potential to make significant contributions in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and 23 Native nations that share the same geography.
More than 600 people applied for the 2015 Bush Fellowship. Bush Fellows are recognized for their vision and passion for transforming their communities, their capacity to be a transformational leader and for their commitment to achieve their vision and grow their…The Bush Foundation’s Fellows are 23 leaders with records of achievement and extraordinary potential to make significant contributions in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and 23 Native nations that share the same geography.
More than 600 people applied for the 2015 Bush Fellowship. Bush Fellows are recognized for their vision and passion for transforming their communities, their capacity to be a transformational leader and for their commitment to achieve their vision and grow their capacity.
"David Whitesock understands what it takes to get well. Ten years ago, mired in drug and alcohol addiction, he began his recovery, learning what it takes to get and stay sober. Today, he has earned a law degree and is the nation’s first and only 'addiction informatics officer,' working with Face It TOGETHER to lead the charge in using 'big data' to promote a holistic approach to treating addiction. With his Bush Fellowship, he will explore ways to help nonprofits measure social impact and to be smarter at applying precious resources toward solving community problems such as addiction."
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