Trial reportAddiction (Abingdon, England)2014
Computerized versus in-person brief intervention for drug misuse: a randomized clinical trial.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 68 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
- Evidence for state, community and systems-level prevention strategies to address the opioid crisis.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Pooled it
- Technology-Based Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Internet interventions for adult illicit substance users: a meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2017Pooled it
- A systematic review of smartphone applications for smoking cessation.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for cannabis use disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- The ASAM/AAAP Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Stimulant Use Disorder.Journal of addiction medicineGuideline
- Examining engagement effects in an adaptive preventive intervention for college student drinking.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Trial
- 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
- Abstinence outcomes among women in reproductive health centers administered clinician or electronic brief interventions.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Trial
- Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use among Primary Care Patients with HIV: the Health and Motivation Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Trial
- Comparing satisfaction, alliance and intervention components in electronically delivered and in-person brief interventions for substance use among childbearing-aged women.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of screening and brief interventions for substance misuse in reproductive health.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2018Trial
- A randomised trial of a computer-delivered screening and brief intervention for postpartum alcohol use.Drug and alcohol review · 2016Trial
- Hair analysis and its concordance with self-report for drug users presenting in emergency department.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Trial
- Beyond the Ask and Advise: Implementation of a Computer Tablet Intervention to Enhance Provider Adherence to the 5As for Smoking Cessation.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2016Trial
- Potential radiating effects of misusing substances among medical patients receiving brief intervention.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2015Trial
- Gender-based Outcomes and Acceptability of a Computer-assisted Psychosocial Intervention for Substance Use Disorders.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2015Trial
- A randomized trial of computerized vs. in-person brief intervention for illicit drug use in primary care: outcomes through 12 months.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2015Trial
- Hair drug testing results and self-reported drug use among primary care patients with moderate-risk illicit drug use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2014Trial
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsSeveral studies have found that brief interventions (BIs) for drug misuse have superior effectiveness to no-treatment controls. However, many health centers do not provide BIs for drug use consistently due to insufficient behavioral health staff capacity. Computerized BIs for drug use are a promising approach, but their effectiveness compared with in-person BIs has not been established. This study compared the effectiveness of a computerized brief intervention (CBI) to an in-person brief intervention (IBI) delivered by a behavioral health counselor.
methodsTwo-arm randomized clinical trial, conducted in two health centers in New Mexico, United States. Participants were 360 adult primary care patients with moderate-risk drug scores on the Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) who were randomly assigned on a 1 : 1 basis to a computerized brief intervention (CBI) or to an in-person brief intervention (IBI) delivered by a behavioral health counselor. Assessments were conducted at baseline and 3-month follow-up, and included the ASSIST and drug testing on hair samples.
resultsThe IBI and CBI conditions did not differ at 3 months on global ASSIST drug scores [b = -1.79; 95% confidence interval (CI) = -4.37, 0.80] or drug-positive hair tests [odds ratio (OR) = 0.97; 95% CI = 0.47, 2.02]. There was a statistically significant advantage of CBI over IBI in substance-specific ASSIST scores for marijuana (b = -1.73; 95% CI = -2.91, -0.55; Cohen's d = 0.26; P = 0.004) and cocaine (b = -4.48; 95% CI = -8.26, -0.71; Cohen's d = 0.50; P = 0.021) at 3 months.
conclusionsComputerized brief intervention can be an effective alternative to in-person brief intervention for addressing moderate drug use in primary care.
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