NCT02294318

HealthCall-S: A Pilot Study Targeting Concurrent Non-injection Drug Use and Alcohol in HIV Primary Care Clinics

HealthCall: Brief Intervention to Reduce Drug Use in HIV Primary Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 47 (actual)
• Sponsor: Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This pilot study goal is to compare two different treatments to help HIV positive patients reduce their concurrent drinking and non-injection drug use.

Detailed description

The goal of this study is to compare the effects of brief motivational interviewing with participation in HealthCall to brief motivational interviewing alone on non-injection drug and alcohol use. HealthCall involves 2-3 minutes of daily smartphone use to track drug use, drinking behaviors and other aspects of health, followed by personalized feedback in a graph after 30 and 60 days of using the smartphone.

Conditions

• Alcohol or Other Drugs Use

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HealthCall+Motivational Interviewing	HealthCall is a technology-based enhancement to brief MI to improve behavior outcomes. It is introduced to patients by the study counselor at the end of the MI session.
BEHAVIORAL	Motivational Interviewing	Motivational Interviewing is a client-centered counseling approach for eliciting behavior change.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2014-11-19
• Last updated: 2021-08-17
• Results posted: 2019-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States