Motivational Interviewing to Acutely Admitted Psychiatric Patients With Comorbid Substance Use

Substance-Related Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Motivational Interviewing to Acutely Admitted Psychiatric Patients With Comorbid Substance Use

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00184223
• Other study ID #: GB-MI-2004
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 13, 2005
• Last updated: June 3, 2016
• Start date: October 2004
• Est. completion date: June 2005

Study information

• Verified date: May 2016
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Norway: Norwegian Social Science Data ServicesNorway:National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose for this study is to determine whether 2x45 minutes Motivational Interviewing given during hospital stay to acutely admitted psychiatric patients with substance use problems, can reduce substance use after discharge.

Description:

The aims of the study are in a randomized controlled trial to compare the effects of 2 x 45 minutes Motivational Interviewing and standard treatment with standard treatment alone.All patients acutely admitted to Østmarka Psychiatric Hospital are evaluated for substance use, and all patients with substance use that give their consent to participate are randomized to Motivational Interviewing and standard treatment or standard treatment alone.

Substance use and function will be followed for two years.Admittances to hospital and contacts with primary health care for five years.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 135
• Est. completion date: June 2005
• Est. primary completion date: June 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• substance use

• acutely admitted to psychiatric hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• dementia

• serious brain damage

• not speaking Norwegian or English

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Caregiver), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Substance-Related Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motivational Interviewing
2 sessions of 45 minutes each with manual guided motivational interviewing delivered individually by a trained therapist.

Other:
• Treatment as usual
Treatment as usual is individualized according to the clinical condition of the patients during the stay and in accordance with general national and international medical standards. It includes detoxification, pharmacotherapy, and general psychotherapy. Also, treatment is given for any coexisting non-substance-related disorder, including psychiatric disorders.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Østmarka Psychiatric Department, St. Olavs Hospital, University Hospital of Trondheim	Trondheim

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology	St. Olavs Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

References & Publications (1)

Bagøien G, Bjørngaard JH, Østensen C, Reitan SK, Romundstad P, Morken G. The effects of motivational interviewing on patients with comorbid substance use admitted to a psychiatric emergency unit - a randomised controlled trial with two year follow-up. BMC — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Substance use and function questionnaire		2 years	No
Secondary	Admissions to hospital		2 years	No
Secondary	Number of contacts with primary ealth care		2 years	No