NCT00996775

Implementing Evidence-Based Mental Health Practices in Primary Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 167 (actual)
• Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This research study will examine the effectiveness of a brief, computerized motivational intervention plus treatment-as-usual to treatment-as-usual alone for treating alcohol misuse in Veterans presenting to primary care. The investigators aim to recruit 162 Veterans screening positive on the AUDIT-C to participate in this study. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two intervention conditions and be asked to complete a baseline assessment and two follow-up assessments conducted at three and six months post treatment. Baseline assessments will be conducted in person by a trained research assistant, while all follow-up interviews will be conducted over the phone. The primary outcome for this clinical trial is the reduction in the number of heavy drinking days. Several secondary outcomes will be collected including health status, depressive symptoms, consequences of drinking, pain symptoms, and distress tolerance. The findings from this study may have large scale implications for how alcohol misuse is treated in primary care. In addition, this study will provide evidence for the feasibility of using the computer as a method for delivering evidence-based mental health interventions in primary care.

Conditions

• Alcohol Consumption

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	brief alcohol intervention	this intervention consists of brief assessment and feedback
BEHAVIORAL	standard care	education about harmful effects of alcohol use and NIAAA recommended drinking limits

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-12-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2016-08-01
• First posted: 2009-10-16
• Last updated: 2017-01-02
• Results posted: 2014-09-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States