PRØV for å undersøke kontroll av alkoholrelaterte skader i en lavinntektssituasjon; Legevakt BI i Tanzania (PRACT)

No prevention or educational information verbally or written coinciding with current usual care

One-time, 15-minute, nurse-led motivational interview discussing safe drinking behaviors, and negotiating change in alcohol use

PPKAY is a nurse-administered, one-on-one, 15-minute brief intervention (BI) for alcohol use using FRAMES motivational interviewing techniques. The BI is a four-step discussion: 1) Raise the Subject of Alcohol, 2) Provide Feedback, 3) Enhance Motivation 4) Negotiate and Advice.

One-time, 15-minute, nurse-led motivational interview discussing safe drinking behaviors, and negotiating change in alcohol use.

Weekly standard text booster until final follow-up (e.g., "Reducing your alcohol intake to less than 4 drinks per day reduces your risk of alcohol-related consequences")

PPKAY is a nurse-administered, one-on-one, 15-minute brief intervention (BI) for alcohol use using FRAMES motivational interviewing techniques. The BI is a four-step discussion: 1) Raise the Subject of Alcohol, 2) Provide Feedback, 3) Enhance Motivation 4) Negotiate and Advice.

After discharge from the hospital, a standard motivational text message will be sent to their cell phone twice monthly for the duration of the study. In a rotating fashion, one of four standard motivational texts translated into Swahili will be sent to their cell phones.

One-time, 15-minute, nurse-led motivational interview discussing safe drinking behaviors, and negotiating change in alcohol use Weekly personalized text booster until final follow-up (e.g., "Remember to reduce your alcohol less than 4 drinks to achieve your goal of… [being a better husband].")

PPKAY is a nurse-administered, one-on-one, 15-minute brief intervention (BI) for alcohol use using FRAMES motivational interviewing techniques. The BI is a four-step discussion: 1) Raise the Subject of Alcohol, 2) Provide Feedback, 3) Enhance Motivation 4) Negotiate and Advice.

After discharge from the hospital, a personalized motivational text message will be sent to participant cell phones twice monthly for the duration of the study. In a rotating fashion, one of four personalized motivational texts will be sent to their cell phones. Personalized texts will be created with the content obtained from the motivational interview sessions. At each session, the research nurse conducting the intervention will record four messages based on the content of the session to be sent as the Personalized Booster.

Reported as the number of drinking days during the past two weeks.

Reported as the number of drinks consumed during the past two weeks.

The Drinker Inventory of Consequences (DrInC) is a fifty-item questionnaire with scores ranging from 0 to 150, where a higher number indicates a greater number of negative consequences.

Alcohol use disorder as measured by AUDIT (alcohol use disorder identification test) score. AUDIT is a ten-item tool, with scores ranging from 0 to 40, where a higher score indicates higher risk alcohol use.

The PHQ-9 consists of 9 simple questions evaluating core symptoms of depression over the past two weeks. Each item is rated on a scale of 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). The total score ranges from 0 to 27, with higher scores indicating greater symptom severity.