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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Culturally Tailored MI

NCT01996280 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 301

Last updated 2019-04-01

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Summary

Culturally-tailored empirically-based interventions are needed because Latinos suffer a greater burden of alcohol-related health disparities and negative social consequences compared to other racial/ethnic groups, are less likely to initiate and to remain in treatment, and are more likely to live in communities with a high density of alcohol outlets. Pilot data from the PI's (New Investigator) K award (AA014905), which will serve as the basis for the current proposed larger-scale study, demonstrated that culturally tailored motivational interviewing (CTMI) outperformed motivational interviewing (MI) that was not tailored to the needs of Latino heavy drinkers. The public health impact of this study will be to develop a program of early screening and brief intervention to reduce hazardous drinking among Latinos, to minimize the burden of illness and social consequences that disproportionately affect Latino communities.

Conditions

  • Alcohol Drinking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational Interviewing

The MI is a single brief motivational intervention lasting 1.5 hrs. The MI includes MI structured strategies tailored to the patient's readiness to change such as: the Typical Day exercise, the use of personal feedback reports (e.g., normative feedback about their drinking), discussions about the pros and cons of use, and completion of a change plan; It is designed to follow MI principles of invoking autonomy and emphasizing collaboration with the interventionist.

BEHAVIORAL

Culturally Tailored MI

CTMI is a single brief motivational intervention lasting 1.5hrs. The CTMI follows the same sequence of structured strategies as the MI arm, and while the components in CTMI and MI are parallel, the focus within them is different. CTMI components culturally relevant material, such as acculturation stress. The CTMI components, which are MI structured strategies, are culturally tailored to address relevant concerns and issues. There are also culturally tailored feedback element, such as ethnic normative feedback related to drinking.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Northeastern University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christina S Lee, Ph.D · Northeastern University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-26
Primary Completion
2017-10-30
Completion
2017-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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