Health Focused Motivational Treatment for Alcohol Dependent Veterans

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Alcoholism
• Interventions: Behavioral: Health Motivational Feedback; Behavioral: Health Education; Behavioral: Control - treatment as usual

• Registration Number: NCT00252590
• Lead Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a health focused motivational intervention will reduce alcohol use for dependent veterans who are receiving outpatient alcohol and drug treatment.

Detailed Description

The early months of addiction treatment are a high risk time for relapse. The purpose of this study is to examine whether a health-related intervention delivered in an individual session with a therapist once per month in the initial 4 months of addiction treatment will reduce alcohol use among veterans already enrolled in weekly outpatient treatment group at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. In order to answer this question, study participants will be randomly assigned to one of three study conditions: 1) The Health Motivational condition that receives individual personalized health feedback and motivational activities, 2) the Health Education condition that receives individual education about health problems associated with the heavy alcohol use, and 3) the treatment as usual group that will receive no additional treatment. All participants will be assessed on a monthly basis for 4 months to evaluate alcohol use, drug use, and health status.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-11
• Study First Submitted: 2005-11-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-11-09
• Study First Posted: 2005-11-11
• Primary Completion: 2009-05
• Study Completion: 2009-05
• Results First Submitted: 2015-06-25
• Status Verified: 2016-02
• Results First Submitted QC: 2016-02-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-02-19
• Results First Posted: 2016-03-21
• Last Update Posted: 2016-03-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 99

Inclusion Criteria

• Veterans receiving outpatient treatment at the VA San Diego Healthcare System Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program for a diagnosis of Alcohol Dependence

Exclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder or Psychotic Disorder.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Health Motivational Feedback	Health Motivational Feedback	Personalized health-related feedback
Health Education	Health Education	Non-personalized didactic health-related education
Control - treatment as usual	Control - treatment as usual	No added treatment control

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of Days Abstinent From Alcohol	4 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of Days Abstinent From All Substances	4 months	Percentage of days abstinent from both alcohol and drugs

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego; 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States