Internet-based Video-conferencing to Address Alcohol Use and Pain: a Pilot Trial
- Conditions
- Alcohol Drinking and Chronic Pain InterventionControl Condition
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Motivational and Cognitive-Behavioral Management for Alcohol and Pain (MCBMAP)Behavioral: Treatment as Usual
- Registration Number
- NCT04441593
- Lead Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus
- Brief Summary
This pilot study seeks to provide effect size estimates and test feasibility of a novel, integrated behavioral approach to reduce heavy drinking and chronic pain among patients in HIV-care delivered via internet-based videoconferencing.
- Detailed Description
This pilot study is a between-groups design to compare a novel integrated behavioral video telehealth intervention for heavy drinking PLWH with chronic pain to a control condition. Forty-eight heavy drinking patients in HIV-care with moderate or greater pain will be recruited for the study. Following baseline assessment, participants will be randomly assigned to either intervention or control conditions. Participants will complete assessment measures of heavy drinking and pain interference/severity at 3 and 6 months post-baseline. Secondary alcohol outcomes will include alcohol-related consequences
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 49
- engaged in HIV care, heavy drinking defined as more than 7/14 drinks per week for women/men or by a single episode of 4/5 (women/men), chronic (at least 3 months duration) moderate or greater (4 or more on the severity scale of the BPI, and non-cancer related pain
- psychoactive medication for pain or alcohol use for fewer than 2 months
- history of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia
- current expressed suicidal intent
- prior history of alcohol withdrawal related seizures or delirium tremens
- current behavioral treatment for pain or alcohol use
- any scheduled surgery within the next 6 months or acute life threatening illness that requires treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Motivational and Cognitive-Behavioral Management for Alcohol and Pain (MCBMAP) Videoconferencing Intervention for Heavy Drinking and Chronic Pain Control Treatment as Usual Treatment as Usual
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Brief Pain Inventory - Pain Severity Past 7 days BPI is an 11-point scale anchored with "0" best and "10" is worst Scale range 0-10
Brief Pain Inventory - Pain Interference Past 7-Days BPI is an 11-point scale anchored with "0" best and "10" is worst Scale range 0-10. Pain Interference is measured as the mean of 7-items each rated on an 11-point scale
Alcohol Time Line Follow-Back (30)- Heavy Drinking Episodes Past 30 days Number of heavy drinking episodes NIAAA criteria (5+drinks men/ 4+ drinks women)
Alcohol Time Line Follow-Back (30) - Average Drinks per Week Past 30 days Average number of standard alcohol-containing drinks in the past 30 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Short Inventory of Alcohol Problems-Revised 3 months 17-item measure with 4-point Likert scale items ranging from "0" never to "3" daily/almost daily. Scale range 0-51
Goal Systems Assessment Battery-Pain Past 30 days Ratings of self-regulatory capacities related to reducing alcohol use. Items are 5-point Likert-scales. There are 4 subscales utilized including planning, monitoring, self-efficacy, and value. Higher scores indicate better outcomes
Goal Systems Assessment Battery-Alcohol Past 30 days Ratings of self-regulatory capacities related to reducing alcohol use. Items are 5-point Likert-scales. There are 4 subscales utilized including planning, monitoring, self-efficacy, and value. Higher scores indicate better outcomes
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Boston University Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
General Clinical Research Unit, Boston University
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States