The Efficacy of Brief Motivational Interviewing for Trauma Patients Related to Alcohol or Other Abuse Drugs.

Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigación Biomédica Andalucía Oriental86 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Brief Motivational Interview will produce a significantly reduction in risk behavior than usual treatment 3 months after discharge from hospital in people who have survived a traumatism.

Objectives: 1. To determine the efficacy of Brief Motivational Interview against an usual hospital treatment (no psychological treatment) in patients who have suffered an accident under the influence of drugs (1) to reduce risk behaviors and drug consumption and (2) to increase motivation to change behavior and risk perception. 2. To investigate the mediating role of impulsive personality and decision making in the impact of Brief Motivational Interview on reduction of risk driving. 3. To assess the economic viability of the results of Brief Motivational Interview through a cost-utility analysis.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

AODD and AODR Disorder

Interventions

Brief Motivational InterviewBEHAVIORAL

The Brief Motivational Interview implies an empathic interviewing style which (i) recognizes, examines and tries to resolve the patient´s ambivalence to facilitate behavioral change, (ii) promotes self-efficacy, (iii) allows flexibility in strategies, including short-term aims to reduce consumption and decrease damage linked to this consumption (like road accidents), (iv) works to reduce the patient's resistances, and (v) provides individualized feedback, if deemed appropriate, to promote recognition of the problem and cognitive restructuring.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 55 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Trauma patients who have had: 1) A road crash, 2) A sport injury, 3) Occupational accident. * Tested positive on alcohol and/or other abuse drugs tests. Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive or brain-damage that prevent assessment and Brief Motivational Interview * Psychopathological disorders * Residence status that prevents follow-up (residence outside of Spain, homeless).

Locations (1)

Hospital Virgen de las Nieves

Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Risk behavior

Measure with Short Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (SDBQ) and Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT)

Time frame: Baseline, month 3.

Secondary Outcomes

Alcohol and Other Drug consumption

Measure with Timeline Followback (TLFB), Interview for Research on Addictive Behavior (IRAB) and Audit Test.

Time frame: Baseline, month 3.

Motivation to change

Measure with SOCRATES-8

Time frame: Baseline, post-intervention, month 3

Risk perception

Risk perception questionnaire, perceived risk of alcohol and drug (EDADES).

Time frame: Baseline, post-intervention, month 3.

General Health

Measure with SF6D

Time frame: Baseline, month 3.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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