PMID- 33164711 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211028 LR - 20220422 IS - 2640-8074 (Electronic) IS - 2640-8066 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 3 DP - 2021 May-Jun TI - The Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement Fidelity Measure (MORE-FM): Development and Validation of a New Tool to Assess Therapist Adherence and Competence. PG - 308-322 LID - 10.1080/26408066.2020.1833803 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) is a mind-body therapy that unites complementary aspects of mindfulness training, third-wave cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and principles from positive psychology into an integrative treatment for addiction and its comorbidities. As interest in MORE has grown among researchers and clinicians, there is an increasing need to provide quality assurance measures to ensure treatment integrity during implementation of MORE. Here, we describe the development and validation of the Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement Fidelity Measure (MORE-FM). METHOD: We developed a 17-item scale assessing therapist competence and adherence to the MORE treatment manual, which was then used for fidelity monitoring of 40 MORE treatment sessions across two Stage 2 and two Stage 1 RCT for addictive behaviors (e.g., opioid misuse, obesity) involving a total N = 295. RESULTS: Internal consistency for the Adherence (alpha =.89) and Competence subscales (alpha =.92) was high, and interrater reliability was adequate (Adherence subscale ICC =.77; Competence subscale ICC =.51), with therapists exhibiting good-to-excellent levels of fidelity across all trials. Importantly, linear mixed modeling indicated that higher levels of overall fidelity were associated with greater reductions in opioid misuse across two Stage 2 RCTs (F(1,48.00) = 7.38, p=.009), indicating that the MORE-FM is a valid measure of treatment fidelity that can predict clinical outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study yielded insights for future iterations of the MORE-FM. In sum, the MORE-FM is a valuable tool for assessing and enhancing the integrity of MORE in future research trials and clinical applications. FAU - Hanley, Adam W AU - Hanley AW AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. AD - College of Social Work, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. FAU - Garland, Eric L AU - Garland EL AD - Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. AD - College of Social Work, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. AD - Salt Lake City Veterans Administration Health System, Utah, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201108 PL - United States TA - J Evid Based Soc Work (2019) JT - Journal of evidence-based social work (2019) JID - 101766756 SB - IM MH - Allied Health Personnel MH - *Cognitive Behavioral Therapy MH - Humans MH - *Mindfulness MH - *Opioid-Related Disorders MH - Reproducibility of Results OTO - NOTNLM OT - addiction OT - adherence OT - competence OT - mindfulness-based interventions OT - opioid EDAT- 2020/11/10 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/29 06:00 CRDT- 2020/11/09 13:49 PHST- 2020/11/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/09 13:49 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/26408066.2020.1833803 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Evid Based Soc Work (2019). 2021 May-Jun;18(3):308-322. doi: 10.1080/26408066.2020.1833803. Epub 2020 Nov 8.