Brief Therapy Intervention for Heavy/Hazardous Drinking in HIV-Positive Women
NCT ID: NCT00127231
Last Updated: 2017-12-06
Study Results
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COMPLETED
NA
148 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2007-09-30
2010-11-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Women are particularly important targets for alcohol use interventions. The threshold for harmful alcohol effects is strikingly low in women, with two drinks per day placing women at risk for negative health consequences. Heavy/hazardous alcohol use is less likely to be detected in women receiving health services. Women may be less likely to seek and or engage in alcohol treatment services, making nontraditional care settings particularly important for reaching this population.
This proposal tests the utility of a brief alcohol intervention for HIV+ women delivered in a medical setting. Hazardous/binge female drinkers will be identified in the Johns Hopkins Hospital HIV clinic and will be randomized to brief intervention or standard care. The brief intervention will include two sessions that review drinking patterns and behavior change strategies as well as two telephone calls to reinforce session content. In addition, a comparison group of nonhazardous drinking, HIV+ women will be recruited. Outcome measures will include: alcohol/drug use, engagement in an on-site alcohol support group and other substance abuse treatment services, HIV-risk behaviors, HIV disease markers and treatment compliance, and psychiatric symptoms.
The investigators hypothesize that women who receive the brief intervention will report lower mean weekly alcohol consumption and fewer heavy drinking episodes than women in standard care. The investigators also predict that women who receive brief intervention will adhere to their HIV medications and keep their health care appointments more consistently, and have improved HIV-related health outcomes. Finally, the investigators hypothesize that nonhazardous drinkers will have fewer psychiatric symptoms and better quality of life than hazardous drinking women.
Comparison(s): Standard HIV care
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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1 Brief Intervention
The brief intervention will include two sessions that review drinking patterns and behavior change strategies as well as two telephone calls to reinforce session content.
Brief alcohol intervention based on Project Treat
The brief intervention will include two sessions that review drinking patterns and behavior change strategies as well as two telephone calls to reinforce session content.
2 Standard Care Arm
Standard care
Hazardous/binge female drinkers will be identified in the Johns Hopkins Hospital HIV clinic and will be randomized to brief intervention or standard care. Outcome measures will include: alcohol/drug use, engagement in an on-site alcohol support group and other substance abuse treatment services, HIV-risk behaviors, HIV disease markers and treatment compliance, and psychiatric symptoms.
Interventions
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Brief alcohol intervention based on Project Treat
The brief intervention will include two sessions that review drinking patterns and behavior change strategies as well as two telephone calls to reinforce session content.
Standard care
Hazardous/binge female drinkers will be identified in the Johns Hopkins Hospital HIV clinic and will be randomized to brief intervention or standard care. Outcome measures will include: alcohol/drug use, engagement in an on-site alcohol support group and other substance abuse treatment services, HIV-risk behaviors, HIV disease markers and treatment compliance, and psychiatric symptoms.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* HIV-positive
* Receiving HIV care in Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) Moore Clinic
Exclusion Criteria
* Current enrollment in alcohol or drug treatment
* Current enrollment in Hopkins psychiatric services
* Pregnancy (because of the ethical concern of randomization to standard care)
FEMALE
No
Sponsors
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NIH
Johns Hopkins University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Mary E. McCaul, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Johns Hopkins University
Locations
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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