Discounting of employment opportunities with urine drug testing requirements in opioid users enrolled in the Therapeutic Workplace
BACKGROUND: The evidence-based Therapeutic Workplace (TWP) is a promising employment-based treatment where access to work is contingent on objective evidence of abstinence from drugs. TWP is sometimes criticized for requiring individuals who use drugs to voluntarily enroll in a program requiring uri...
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Published in | Journal of vocational rehabilitation Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 183 - 190 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
London, England
SAGE Publications
01.01.2023
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Summary: | BACKGROUND:
The evidence-based Therapeutic Workplace (TWP) is a promising employment-based treatment where access to work is contingent on objective evidence of abstinence from drugs. TWP is sometimes criticized for requiring individuals who use drugs to voluntarily enroll in a program requiring urine drug testing.
OBJECTIVE:
This experiment was conducted to assess whether urine drug testing as a condition of employment decreases the value of employment opportunities and to what degree.
METHODS:
Participants were unemployed, DSM-IV opioid-dependent, and enrolled in TWP. Participants completed discounting tasks assessing preference for a hypothetical job paying a constant wage that did not require urine drug testing and a job that paid a variable wage but required drug testing. The primary outcome was ‘job value’ operationalized as percentage wage difference to accept a job requiring urine drug testing.
RESULTS:
Percent wage difference to accept a job that required urine testing was analyzed using GEE. Results revealed a significant main effect of recent drug use (χ2(1) = 10.07, p < 0.01).
CONCLUSION:
Most participants were willing to accept a urine drug-testing job across wages similar non-drug testing jobs. Participants reporting recent cocaine or heroin use were less likely to choose urine drug-testing employment. |
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ISSN: | 1052-2263 1878-6316 |
DOI: | 10.3233/JVR-230036 |