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Testing the Effectiveness of a Graphic Novel Health Education Curriculum for Patients With Addiction

NCT02378181 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 49

Last updated 2023-09-01

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Summary

This study deploys a strategy to develop and evaluate a training-efficient, multimedia patient-centered Health Education Toolkit to promote shared decision making between counselors and patients. An existing evidence-based toolkit intervention will be adapted and redesigned by a patient and provider team into an engaging, narrative graphic novel curriculum useful in group and individual counseling. The proven behavioral interventions will be augmented with health education material focused on medication assisted treatment (MAT). We will assess feasibility and acceptability, and pilot test whether exposure to the Toolkit (TK) can shared decision making conversations, reduce substance use, and increase engagement with MAT.

Conditions

  • Alcohol Use
  • Drug Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health Education Toolkit

An existing evidence-based toolkit intervention will be adapted and redesigned by a patient and provider team into an engaging, narrative graphic novel curriculum. The proven behavioral interventions will be augmented with health education material focused on MAT and HIV risk reduction. Together, these materials will comprise the Health Education Toolkit. The Health Education Toolkit (TK) will employ a shared decision making model to encourage 1) increased recovery engagement by patients, and 2) patient engagement in deciding whether to initiate and adhere to MAT.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment-as-usual

Treatment-as-usual will consist of the same number of counseling sessions as the experimental TK condition, but the counselors working with patients in this condition will not be equipped with the TK materials.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Treatment Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Adam C Brooks, PhD · Treatment Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-16
Primary Completion
2017-04-15
Completion
2017-04-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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