Trial reportAlcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
Effectiveness of nurse-practitioner-delivered brief motivational intervention for young adult alcohol and drug use in primary care in South Africa: a randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03205449 (Parenting for Lifelong Health-Philippines), which is not on this map. Cited by 36 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Parenting for Lifelong Health-Philippines: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Culturally-adapted Parenting Program on Reducing the Risk of Violence Against Children in Low-income Filipino Families With Children Aged 2 to 6 Years in Manila
Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- Brief Drug Interventions Delivered in General Medical Settings: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cannabis Use Outcomes.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Pooled it
- Motivational interviewing for substance use reduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Integrating Depression and Alcohol Use Care Into Primary Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Pooled it
- Psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions to reduce harmful alcohol use in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of Brief Intervention for Unhealthy Drug Use in Outpatient Medical Care: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Patient-level interventions to reduce alcohol-related harms in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-summary.PLoS medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Primary-level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review of interventions for reducing heavy episodic drinking in sub-Saharan African settings.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Psychosocial Interventions Targeting Hazardous and Harmful Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Symptoms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Research in the Integration of Behavioral Health for Adolescents and Young Adults in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Review.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2017Pooled it
- A pilot randomized controlled trial of Kisoboka, a behavioral economic and motivational interviewing intervention to reduce high-risk alcohol use and improve antiretroviral therapy adherence for men in Uganda.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Trial
- Alcohol Use and the Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Continuum of Care Among Men in Rural South Africa: Results from a Longitudinal Study.AIDS and behavior · 2025Trial
- Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children: a randomized controlled trial of a parenting program in South Africa to prevent harsh parenting and child conduct problems.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2020Trial
- Screening and brief intervention for substance misuse: Does it reduce aggression and HIV-related risk behaviours?Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2015Trial
- Safe start, a hybrid intervention to reduce alcohol exposed pregnancies: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment training for Nigerian primary care physicians: A pilot evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and barriers to implementation.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- A scoping review of substance use brief interventions in Africa.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Measuring alcohol use among adolescents in Africa: A systematic scoping review of consumption, screening and assessment tools.Drug and alcohol review · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
aimsTo assess the effectiveness of brief motivational intervention for alcohol and drug use in young adult primary care patients in a low-income population and country.
methodsA randomized controlled trial in a public-sector clinic in Delft, a township in the Western Cape, South Africa recruited 403 patients who were randomized to either single-session, nurse practitioner-delivered Brief Motivational Intervention plus referral list or usual care plus referral list, and followed up at 3 months.
resultsAlthough rates of at-risk alcohol use and drug use did not differ by treatment arm at follow-up, patients assigned to the Brief Motivational Intervention had significantly reduced scores on ASSIST (Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test) for alcohol-the most prevalent substance.
conclusionBrief Motivational Intervention may be effective at reducing at-risk alcohol use in the short term among low-income young adult primary care patients; additional research is needed to examine long-term outcomes.
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