Mobile Phone-Based Motivational Interviewing in Kenya

Mobile Phone-Based Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Alcohol Use Problems in Kenya

The primary objective of this study was to test whether motivational interviewing (MI) provided over the mobile phone would reduce alcohol use among adults, including people living with HIV/AIDS, visiting primary care in Kenya. Heavy alcohol users voluntarily consented to being randomized to one of three study arms: standard in-person MI, mobile MI, or waitlist control receiving no intervention for 1 month followed by mobile MI. Alcohol use problems were assessed using validated screeners and changes in alcohol use were assessed at 1 month and 6 months after receiving the intervention. The investigators hypothesized that alcohol use would reduce after MI treatment compared to waitlist control, there would be no difference between standard in-person MI and mobile MI, and these reductions would be sustained out to six months following the intervention.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Alcohol Use Disorder
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: In-Person Motivational Interviewing (MI); Behavioral: Mobile Motivational Interviewing (MI)

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 322
• Phase: Not Applicable

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:

• Adults visiting the primary care clinic and screening positive for potential alcohol use problems.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Persons younger than 18 years old, with severe psychiatric morbidity, or cognitive impairment were not eligible for the study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: In-Person Motivational Interviewing; In-Person Motivational Interviewing (MI) is the standard form of MI treatment delivered in person face to face at the primary care office. MI is a type of brief intervention that uses open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summarizing as key tools and has been shown to treat a range of problem behaviors, including alcohol use disorders, by helping participants to identify and address ambivalence towards changing the behavior. MI is delivered in a communicative style that promotes individual autonomy and improves self-efficacy. The investigator provides counseling in-person with the participant for one session of MI lasting approximately 30 minutes.	Behavioral: In-Person Motivational Interviewing (MI); This is a counseling intervention to support behavior change conducted in-person (face-to-face) between the investigator and the participant.
Experimental: Mobile MI; Mobile Motivational Interviewing (MI) is delivered by a counselor over the mobile phone, rather than in-person (face-to-face). MI is a type of brief intervention that uses open-ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summarizing as key tools and has been shown to treat a range of problem behaviors, including alcohol use disorders, by helping the patient to identify and address ambivalence towards changing the behavior. MI is delivered in a communicative style that promotes individual autonomy and improves self-efficacy. The investigator provides counseling over the mobile phone with the participant for one session of mobile MI lasting approximately 30 minutes.	Behavioral: Mobile Motivational Interviewing (MI); This is a counseling intervention to support behavior change conducted entirely over the mobile phone between the investigator and the participant
No Intervention: Waitlist Control; After consenting to participate in the study, the Waitlist control participants receive no intervention for one (1) month, and then the Waitlist control participants are contacted by the investigators for follow up..

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Reduction in alcohol use score as measured by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) from baseline to one (1) month.	The investigators compared the change in AUDIT-C alcohol use score from baseline to one (1) month after the intervention between the investigators' three study arms.	1 month
Reduction in alcohol use score as measured by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and AUDIT-C from baseline to six (6) months.	The investigators compared the change in AUDIT and AUDIT-C alcohol use scores from baseline to six (6) months after the intervention between the investigators' two active study arms: 1) In-Person Motivational Interviewing (MI) and 2) Mobile MI.	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Reduction in alcohol use score as measured by the AUDIT and AUDIT-C moderated by HIV co-morbidity from baseline to one (1) month and from baseline to six (6) months.	The investigators compared the change in AUDIT and AUDIT-C alcohol use scores over time moderated by HIV status.	1 and 6 months
Reduction in alcohol use score as measured by the AUDIT moderated by mental health co-morbidity, as measured by the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessments (ASEBA) Adults Self-Report, from baseline to six (6) months.	The investigators compared the change in AUDIT alcohol use scores over time moderated by ASEBA mental health diagnoses.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Vermont
• Collaborators: Africa Mental Health Foundation
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Valerie Harder, PhD, University of Vermont

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 30, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 1, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 18, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): June 29, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 29, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 18, 2018
• Last Verified: June 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Drinking Behavior; Alcohol-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism
• Other Study ID Numbers: CHRBSS 14-188

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

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

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No