Health Focused Motivational Treatment for Alcohol Dependent Veterans

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

99 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-11-30

Study Completion Date

2009-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether a health focused motivational intervention will reduce alcohol use for dependent veterans who are receiving outpatient alcohol and drug treatment.

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Detailed Description

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The early months of addiction treatment are a high risk time for relapse. The purpose of this study is to examine whether a health-related intervention delivered in an individual session with a therapist once per month in the initial 4 months of addiction treatment will reduce alcohol use among veterans already enrolled in weekly outpatient treatment group at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. In order to answer this question, study participants will be randomly assigned to one of three study conditions: 1) The Health Motivational condition that receives individual personalized health feedback and motivational activities, 2) the Health Education condition that receives individual education about health problems associated with the heavy alcohol use, and 3) the treatment as usual group that will receive no additional treatment. All participants will be assessed on a monthly basis for 4 months to evaluate alcohol use, drug use, and health status.

Conditions

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Alcoholism

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Health Motivational Feedback

Personalized health-related feedback

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Health Motivational Feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Personalized feedback on health status

Health Education

Non-personalized didactic health-related education

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Health Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Generalized health education related to alcohol use

Control - treatment as usual

No added treatment control

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control - treatment as usual

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control group with no additional intervention

Interventions

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Health Motivational Feedback

Personalized feedback on health status

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Health Education

Generalized health education related to alcohol use

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control - treatment as usual

Control group with no additional intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Veterans receiving outpatient treatment at the VA San Diego Healthcare System Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program for a diagnosis of Alcohol Dependence