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Table 1 Features of the studies, participants and the interventions

From: The cost-effectiveness of family/family-based therapy for treatment of externalizing disorders, substance use disorders and delinquency: a systematic review

Study	Features study			Features participants									Features intervention
	Coun-try	Follow-up (months)	Design	Disorder	Sample size		Completed study		Age		Sex (% male)		Intervention		Number of sessions per week	Treatment duration (weeks)
	Coun-try	Follow-up (months)	Design	Disorder	I	C	I	C	I	C	I	C	I	C	Number of sessions per week	Treatment duration (weeks)
Schoenwald et al., 1996 [32]	USA	6 AT	RCT	SUD	59	59	NS		16		79		MST	CAU	2–3^b	18–19
French et al., 2003 [22]	USA	12^a	RCT	SUD									Trial 1:
					102		564		16		81		MET/CBT5		0–1	6–7
					96				16		86		MET/CBT12		0–1	12–14
					102				16		84		FSN		1–2	12–14
													Trial 2:
					100				16		79		MET/CBT5		0–1	6–7
					100				16		80		ACRA		1–2	12–14
					100				16		85		MDFT		1–2	12–14
Sheidow et al., 2004 [23]	USA	12 AT	RCT	PC	115		NS		13		67		MST	CAU	NS	16
Dennis et al., 2004 [29]	USA	12	RCT	SUD			564						Trial 1:
					102				16				MET/CBT		0–1	6–7
					96				16				5		0–1	12–14
					102				16				MET/CBT		1–2	12–14
													12
					100				16				FSN		0–1	6–7
					100				16				Trial 2:		1–2	12–14
					100				16				MET/CBT		1–2	12–14
													5
													ACRA
													MDFT
McCollister et al., 2009 [24]	USA	12	RCT	SUD	38	42	NS		1	1	84	81	DC	FC	NS¹	NS¹
					38				5	5	84		DC + MST
					43				15		4		DC + MST + CM
					43				15		4		DC + MST + CM
French et al., 2008 [25]	MEX	7	RCT	SUD	30	30	114		16	1	80	83	FFT	group	NS¹	NS¹
					29				16	6	76		Joint
					31				16		84		CBT
Olsson, 2010 [26]	SW	24	RCT	CD	79	77	NS		15		61		MST	CAU	NS	12–20
Sheidow et al., 2012 [27]	USA	12	RCT	SUD	38	4	29	33	15		83		DC	FC	NS¹	NS¹
					38	2	29						DC + MST
					43		37						DC + MST + CM
Cary et al., 2013 [28]	ENG	30	RCT	DEL	56	52	46	45	15	15	83	82	MST+	CAU	3	20
Cary et al., 2013 [28]	ENG	30	RCT	DEL	56	52	46	45	15	15	83	82	CAU	CAU	3	20
Dopp et al. (2014) [30]	USA	300	RCT	DEL	92	84	70	56	15		69		MST	CAU	3–4	21
Borduin et al. (2015) [31]	USA	107	RCT	DEL	24	24	24	22	14		96		MST-PSB	CAU	3	31

Legend: I intervention, C comparator, NS not stated, NS ¹ reference to non-accessible article, NA not applicable, USA United States of America, SW Sweden, ENG England, MEX Mexico, SUD substance use disorder, CD conduct disorder, PC psychiatric crisis, MST multisystemic therapy, Joint combination of individual and family therapy, group skill-focused psycho-education group intervention, IT individual treatment, MST-PSB MST for Problem Sexual Behavior, CAU care as usual, FSN family support network, MDFT multidimensional family treatment, MET/CBT12 motivational enhancement treatment/cognitive behavior therapy, 12 sessions; MET/CBT5 motivational enhancement treatment/cognitive behavior therapy, 5 sessions; ACRA adolescent community reinforcement approach, DC drug court with community services, DC + MST drug court with multisystemic therapy, DC + MST + CM drug court with mst and enhanced with a contingency management programs, FFT functional family therapy, FC family court with community services
^aCost data was only collected only during 3–9 months
^bThe intensity of the treatment was between 2 and 3 times a week; AT after treatment

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