Trial reportAmerican journal of preventive medicine2007
Computer-based brief intervention a randomized trial with postpartum women.
Trial report in American journal of preventive medicine, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT00230048 (Interactive Motivational Media for Perinatal Drug Abuse), which is not on this map. Cited by 101 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Interactive Motivational Media for Perinatal Drug Abuse
Who cites it
101 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 172 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of Dropout and Influencing Factors in Digital Psychosocial Intervention Trials for Adult Illicit Substance Users: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for reducing parental substance misuse.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- A scoping review and meta-analysis of psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for cannabis and tobacco use among African Americans.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2017Pooled it
- Internet interventions for adult illicit substance users: a meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Pooled it
- Motivational interviewing for the prevention of alcohol misuse in young adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Technology-delivered adaptations of motivational interviewing for health-related behaviors: A systematic review of the current research.Patient education and counseling · 2016Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for pregnant women in outpatient illicit drug treatment programs compared to other interventions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Brief interventions for illicit drug use among peripartum women.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2014Pooled it
- Motivational interviewing for substance abuse.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Computer-based interventions for drug use disorders: a systematic review.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2011Pooled it
- A Web-Based Intervention for Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections and Substance Use During Pregnancy: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Primary Prevention of Drug Overdoses in Rural Low-Resource and Tribal Communities: A Cluster Randomized Trial.American journal of public health · 2025Trial
- Increasing Prenatal Care Compliance in At-Risk Black Women: Findings from a RCT of Patient Navigation and Behavioral Incentives.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Trial
- Computer- vs. nurse practitioner-delivered brief intervention for adolescent marijuana, alcohol, and sex risk behaviors in school-based health centers.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- The short-term impact on economic outcomes of SBIRT interventions implemented in reproductive health care settings.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Trial
- Promoting Safe Injection Practices, Substance Use Reduction, Hepatitis C Testing, and Overdose Prevention Among Syringe Service Program Clients Using a Computer-Tailored Intervention: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Abstinence outcomes among women in reproductive health centers administered clinician or electronic brief interventions.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Trial
- Brief Counseling for Veterans with Musculoskeletal Disorder, Risky Substance Use, and Service Connection Claims.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2019Trial
- Computer-delivered indirect screening and brief intervention for drug use in the perinatal period: A randomized trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Trial
41 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundDrug use among parenting women is a significant risk factor for a range of negative child outcomes, including exposure to violence, child maltreatment, and child behavior problems. Implementation of brief interventions with this population may be greatly facilitated by computer-based interventions.
designRandomized clinical trial with 4-month follow-up. SETTING/
participantsParticipants were 107 postpartum women recruited from an urban obstetric hospital primarily serving a low-income population. Women were randomized into assessment only versus assessment plus brief intervention conditions; 76 (71%) returned for follow-up evaluation.
interventionA 20-minute, single-session, computer-based motivational intervention (based on motivational interviewing methods), combined with two nontailored mailings and voucher-based reinforcement of attendance at an initial intake/treatment session.
main outcome measuresIllicit drug use as measured by qualitative urinalysis and self-report.
resultsFrequency of illicit drug use other than marijuana increased slightly for the control group, but declined among intervention group participants (p<0.05, between-group Mann-Whitney U; d=0.50); the magnitude of intervention effects on changes in marijuana use frequency was similar, but did not reach statistical significance. Point-prevalence analysis at follow-up did not show significant group differences in drug use. However, trends under a range of assumptions regarding participants lost to follow-up all favored the intervention group, with most effect sizes in the moderate range (odds ratios 1.4 to 4.7).
conclusionsResults tentatively support the efficacy of this high-reach, replicable brief intervention. Further research should seek to replicate these findings and to further develop the computer as a platform for validated brief interventions.
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