Computerized Brief Intervention vs. Delayed Computerized Brief Intervention

The purpose of the study is to determine whether a computerized brief intervention for moderate risk drug use among adult primary care patients is more effective than providing such patients with a substance abuse assessment alone.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Drug Abuse
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Computerized Brief Intervention

Detailed Description

The study will enroll 80 adult primary care patients who have moderate risk drug use. Eligible participants (N = 80) will be randomly assigned to immediately receive a computerized brief intervention focused on drug use or to receive the same computerized brief intervention at 3-month follow-up. All participants will be assessed at three time points: baseline, and at 3 and 6 month follow-ups.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 80
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New Mexico
    • Edgewood, New Mexico, United States, 87015
      • First Choice Community Healthcare

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• (1) minimum 18 years of age
• (2) primary care or dental patients at the participating clinics
• (3) score between 4 and 26 (moderate-risk) for illicit drug and/or nonmedical use of prescription drugs on any of the single item drug use risk scores of the ASSIST.

Exclusion Criteria:

• (1) score in the high-risk range on the ASSIST for any drug (except tobacco) or alcohol use (i.e., ASSIST score > 26)
• (2) no reported drug use within the past 3 months
• (3) drug abuse treatment within the past 12 months
• (4) a BI at the clinic with the behavioral health counselor within the past month
• (5) prior enrollment in the parent study;
• (6) plans to move out of New Mexico in the next 6 months

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Computerized Brief Intervention; Computerized Brief Intervention is delivered using a talking, animated cartoon-like parrot that provides patient feedback, empathic reflection, and personalization regarding their drug use.	Behavioral: Computerized Brief Intervention; No additional information needed.
Other: Delayed Computerized Brief Intervention; Participants receive only a substance abuse assessment at baseline. At three-month follow-up, they then receive the computerized brief intervention.	Behavioral: Computerized Brief Intervention; No additional information needed.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Tests (ASSIST) Global Continuum of Illicit Drug Risk Score	The ASSIST Global Continuum of Illicit Drug Risk Score ranges from 0 to 308, with higher scores indicating greater risk.	3 month follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Tests (ASSIST) Global Continuum of Illicit Drug Risk Score	The ASSIST Global Continuum of Illicit Drug Risk Score ranges from 0 to 308, with higher scores indicating greater risk.	6-month follow-up

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Subjects Testing Positive on Hair Testing for Marijuana, Cocaine, Amphetamines, or Opioids.	Radioimmunoassay (RIA) Tests were used.	3-month
Number of Subjects Positive on Hair Testing for Marijuana, Cocaine, Amphetamines, or Opioids	Radioimmunoassay Testing (RIA) was conducted	6-month follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Friends Research Institute, Inc.
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Robert P Schwartz, M.D., Friends Research Institute, Inc.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: August 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 3, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 5, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): September 6, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 21, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 19, 2017
• Last Verified: April 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: brief intervention; computerized brief intervention
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1R01DA026003-B; 1R01DA026003 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO