Trial reportAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2020
The Effects of a Brief Motivational Intervention for Alcohol Use through Stages of Change among Nontreatment Seeking Injured Patients.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Motivational interviewing for substance use reduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Multimodal Nutraceutical and Psychological Intervention for GGT Reduction in Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Effects of optimism and stage of change on alcohol use and problems among sexual minority men with HIV participating in a brief motivational interviewing intervention.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Trial
- Reduced alcohol use increases drink-refusal self-efficacy: Evidence from a contingency management study for DWI arrestees.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Trial
- Measurement Invariance of the Readiness to Change Questionnaire Among Injured Patients Who Received a Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use.Assessment · 2022Trial
- Measurement invariance of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale in Project MATCH: An exploratory structural equation modeling approach.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Trial
- Unveiling stages of change among medical inpatients with an increased-risk alcohol consumption-a cross-sectional study.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Article
- Problem Recognition as A Discrete Concept for Change Processes in Problematic Alcohol Use.Current addiction reports · 2025Review
- Advancing theory of motivation to change alcohol use: A commentary on Tan et al. (2023).Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- The influence of cognitive and affective components of the sentinel event on alcohol use following a brief intervention with trauma patients.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about the mechanisms of change underlying brief interventions and the patient characteristics that may affect them. The present study tested whether the stages of change mediate the effects of a BMI with and without a telephone booster relative to brief advice (i.e., multiple mediation). Further, the present study tested whether the effects of the BMI conditions on the stages of change were contingent on patients' alcohol use severity (i.e., moderated mediation).
methodsThe present study is a secondary analysis using data from injured adult patients at 3 trauma centers who were screened for inclusion in the study and randomly assigned to brief advice (n = 200), BMI (n = 203), or BMI with a telephone booster (n = 193) (Field et al., 2014). Participants completed a baseline assessment and 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up assessments that included self-report measures of the stages of change, alcohol use, and alcohol-related problems, as well as other variables of interest.
resultsThe results demonstrated significant and consistent mediation at p < 0.05 wherein BMI with a telephone booster increased action at 3-month follow-up leading to reduced likelihood of at-risk drinking, less alcohol use, and fewer alcohol problems at both 6- and 12-month follow-up. However, moderated mediation analyses suggested that the effects of the BMI conditions on the stages of change were not contingent on patients' alcohol use severity.
conclusionsThis study contributes to the understanding of stages of change as potential mechanisms of change in BMI. Directions for future research are discussed.
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