Status:
COMPLETED
Impact of Group Motivational Interviewing and In-Home-Messaging-Devices for Dually Diagnosed Veterans
Lead Sponsor:
VA Office of Research and Development
Conditions:
Alcohol Dependence
Dual Diagnosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Two approaches for providing evidence-based substance abuse treatment (EBT), group motivational interviewing (GMI) and the In-Home-Messaging-Device (IHMD), are interventions that have the characterist...
Detailed Description
Dually diagnosed Veterans (N = 178) will be recruited from the Charleston, SC VAMC Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Center (SATC) and block randomized to TAU, GMI, or IHMD. Patients with alcohol d...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- ability to provide informed consent
- reading level at least at the 5th grade level
- ability to identify at least one collateral contact
- ability to be contacted by telephone at follow-up
- access to a working telephone line in the home or residential placement
- alcohol use or alcohol and drug use in the 28 days prior to hospitalization and current alcohol dependence (or abuse) or alcohol and drug abuse
Exclusion
- auditory or visual impairment that would interfere with study procedures
- scheduled for discharge within 72 hours of initial screening
- diagnosis of dementia
- inability to speak or understand English
- unable to access a landline telephone for the IHMD treatment group
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 3 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 30 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00706901
Start Date
May 3 2010
End Date
September 30 2013
Last Update
August 8 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401-5799