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Group Motivational Interviewing (GMI) For Homeless Veterans In VA Services

NCT02233738 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 185

Last updated 2023-07-27

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Summary

Homeless Veterans with substance use disorders (SUDs) are a major group served by VA and are heavily represented in VA housing. VA recently adopted a 'Housing First' approach emphasizing rapid housing placement to initiate recovery without requiring sobriety and will necessitate SUD interventions that are efficient and easily layered onto existing services. The proposed study will investigate the effectiveness, implementation process, and cost estimate of Group Motivational Interviewing (GMI) for Veterans with SUDs in VA housing (Housing Urban Development-VA Support Housing \[HUD-VASH\] and Grant and per Diem \[GPD\]). Outcomes will be assessed at multiple time points using a multi-modal approach. The ultimate goal of this research is to establish the basis of a GMI dissemination and implementation course of action for highly vulnerable homeless Veterans in VA housing for achieving their greatest success in attaining housing stability.

Conditions

  • Alcoholism
  • Substance-related Disorders
  • Dual Diagnosis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Group Motivational Interviewing (GMI)

Participants randomized to Group Motivational Interviewing (GMI) will receive four structured, back-to-back, 90-minute sessions consistent with the central principles and spirit of Motivational Interviewing (MI). GMI, which is based on a manualized protocol, is specifically designed for dually diagnosed Veterans. A focus of the intervention creates awareness of the relationship between the substance use and co-existing psychiatric disorder and the importance of treating both.

BEHAVIORAL

Control Treatment Condition (CT)

Control Treatment Condition (CT): Participants in CT will attend four sessions equal in time and length to GMI (i.e., 90 minutes) and will involve the following topics: A popular 'box activity': participants will anonymously write evocative questions on slips of paper involving their personal concerns that are placed in a box and, when randomly selected, opened for group discussion (e.g., "How do I talk to my family about my alcohol problem?"), money management with feedback (2 sessions), and cooking-home maintenance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Elizabeth J. Santa Ana, PhD MA BA · Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-07-17
Completion
2018-07-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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