Screening Brief Intervention Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in New Mexico

Condition(s) targeted: Drug Abuse; HIV Risk Behavior

Intervention: Computerized brief intervention (Behavioral); Counselor delivered brief intervention (Behavioral)

Phase: N/A

Status: Active, not recruiting

Sponsored by: Friends Research Institute, Inc.

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Robert P Schwartz, M.D., Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Friends Research Institute, Inc.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness in reducing drug use and its associated problems of a brief intervention for drug use delivered by a behavioral health counselor as compared to a brief intervention delivered by a computerized intervention.

Official title: SBIRT in New Mexico

Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Primary outcome:

Alcohol, Smoking & Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) Score

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)Hair Testing for opiates, cocaine, amphetamine and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Secondary outcome:

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Risk Behavior

Alcohol, Smoking & Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) Score

Alcohol, Smoking & Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) Score

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)Hair Testing for opiates, cocaine, amphetamine and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)Hair Testing for opiates, cocaine, amphetamine and THC

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Risk Behavior

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Risk Behavior

Detailed description: Drug use is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Efforts to develop and rigorously evaluate methods to provide Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for drug users are needed. Computerized screening and brief interventions in particular have the potential to circumvent some of the potential problems of integrating SBIRT delivered by a counselor into busy primary care settings. These interventions may reduce drug use among individuals who are using drugs but are not yet drug dependent.

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: N/A. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 years or older

- Moderate risk category on the ASSIST scores

Exclusion Criteria:

- planning to move out of New Mexico in the next year

- receipt of formal drug abuse treatment or a brief intervention for drug use in the

past month.

Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States

Starting date: June 2010
Last updated: December 22, 2014