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

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Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401-5799