A Phase 3 interventional study of Motivational Interview and Assessment in Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence, sponsored by Brown University. Status unknown at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2010-06-25.
Sponsored by Brown University · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
The primary goal of this study is to test the efficacy of a brief intervention that includes the patient and a significant other, relative to an intervention including the patient only, for reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related problems among trauma patients.
Alcohol-positive trauma patients are more likely to be readmitted to a trauma center or subsequently die from an injury than are alcohol-negative patients. Empirically supported treatments to reduce alcohol use and alcohol-related problems (e.g., injuries, drinking and driving) in this high-risk population are needed, but few exist. This randomized controlled clinical trial assesses the efficacy of a brief intervention that includes the patient and a significant other, relative to an intervention including the patient only, for reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related problems among trauma patients.
Motivational Interviewing (MI), a brief, directive, non-confrontational intervention, has demonstrated some promise in this setting. Further, inclusion of a significant other (SO) in prolonged, intensive alcohol treatment appears to improve treatment retention and efficacy. Although inclusion of an SO in MI has been suggested, there are few data to support this endorsement.
Accordingly, this study will address whether motivational interviewing including both the trauma patient and an SO can more effectively decrease and maintain reductions in alcohol use and alcohol-related problems 6 and 12 months following discharge from the trauma unit than MI with the individual patient or an assessment-only condition.
The 2 MI groups will each receive 2 intervention sessions timed to occur in the hospital, and 1 booster session, occurring 1 month following discharge.
In the assessment-only condition, patients will receive only assessment of their drinking at baseline. This proposal will allow us to address the next phase of our program of research designed to develop easily disseminable treatments for these high-risk populations in medical settings. This study will also address potential mediators (motivation to change alcohol use, self-efficacy, alcohol treatment attendance, and social support for abstinence) and moderators of MI effects. The cost-effectiveness of the intervention will also be addressed.
Thus, this study will address both a significant public health problem and provide important information about MI mechanisms that may be relevant to the broader addiction treatment community.
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Motivational Interviewing (MI), a brief, directive, non-confrontational intervention, with inclusion of a significant other (SO) in prolonged, intensive alcohol treatment.
Behavioral: Motivational Interview
Motivational Interviewing (MI), a brief, directive, non-confrontational intervention, with the individual patient
Behavioral: Motivational Interview
In the assessment-only condition, patients will receive only assessment of their drinking at baseline.
Behavioral: Assessment
Two intervention sessions timed to occur in the hospital, and 1 booster session, occurring 1 month following discharge.
In the assessment-only condition, patients will receive only assessment of their drinking at baseline.
Two intervention sessions timed to occur in the hospital, and 1 booster session, occurring 1 month following discharge.
Alcohol Consumption
Time frame: 12 months
Alcohol-related problems (e.g., drinking and driving)
Time frame: 12 months
Cost-effectiveness of intervention
Time frame: 12 months
The record gives a start of May 2005, a primary completion of Apr 2011 and a completion of Apr 2011. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
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