Mobile Phone-Based Motivational Interviewing in Kenya

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Alcohol Use Disorder

• Registration Number: NCT03573167
• Lead Sponsor: University of Vermont

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-09-30
• Primary Completion: 2015-12-31
• Study Completion: 2015-12-31
• Status Verified: 2018-06
• Study First Submitted: 2018-06-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-06-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-06-18
• Study First Posted: 2018-06-29
• Last Update Posted: 2018-06-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 322

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 & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction in alcohol use score as measured by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) from baseline to one (1) month.	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.
Reduction in alcohol use score as measured by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and AUDIT-C from baseline to six (6) months.	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.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.	1 and 6 months	The investigators compared the change in AUDIT and AUDIT-C alcohol use scores over time moderated by HIV status.
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.	6 months	The investigators compared the change in AUDIT alcohol use scores over time moderated by ASEBA mental health diagnoses.