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HealthCall: Brief Intervention to Reduce Drug Use in HIV Primary Care
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating HealthCall and Motivational Interviewing, Motivational Interviewing (MI), and 1 other intervention for Mental and Behavioral Disorders Due to Harmful Drug Use. Completed, enrolled 240 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed Summary
Among HIV-infected individuals, non-injection drug use (NIDU) is associated with poor HIV medication adherence, greater HIV/AIDS risk behaviors, and increasing non-AIDS mortality. Thus reducing NIDU among HIV infected individuals is critical to their survival and to limiting the spread of HIV. We propose to study the efficacy of a technologically enhanced brief intervention (HealthCall) to reduce NIDU in HIV primary care patients that demands little from busy medical staff and is well accepted by patients. In a 3-arm randomized clinical trial will test the efficacy of (a) Motivational Interviewing (MI)+HealthCall; (b) MI-only; and (c) a control condition (advice + DVD HIV health education) in reducing NIDU.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Patients access HealthCall by calling a toll-free number and putting a four-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN). The HealthCall system will then ask a short script of pre-recorded questions in English or Spanish, on substance use and other variables (e.g., medication adherence, unprotected sex, feeling of physical well-being, stress, etc). The MI session focuses on reduce ambivalence and increase motivation to reduce non-injection drug use (NIDU), gain a commitment to change, if possible, and ultimately to reduce or eliminate NIDU. The intervention includes: a) identifying pros and cons of using and stopping; b) exploring ambivalence about stopping NIDU; c) eliciting change talk
The MI session focuses on reduce ambivalence and increase motivation to reduce non-injection drug use (NIDU), gain a commitment to change, if possible, and ultimately to reduce or eliminate NIDU. The intervention includes: a) identifying pros and cons of using and stopping; b) exploring ambivalence about stopping NIDU; c) eliciting change talk
The purpose of this condition is to control for clinical attention associated with Motivational Interviewing (MI)participation, and to provide an analogue of standard care, i.e. brief advice but no other intervention.