Dental and Medical Office iMET to Reduce Teen Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use

Boston Children's Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Use; Tobacco, Harmful; Drug Abuse; Alcohol Abuse

Treatments: Behavioral: iMET/TE; Behavioral: iMET

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00907309

iMET RFA-OD-09-003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the project is to improve adolescent behavioral counseling services in healthcare settings with a new Internet/Intranet-based Motivational Enhancement Therapy (iMET) intervention that targets the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.

Full description

We have previously developed and tested in a treatment population a promising MET program for alcohol and drug use. We will broaden the MET intervention to also target tobacco use and convert the new materials into a self-administered format.

Enrollment: 121 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 21 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 12-21 years old
• Coming for routine care

Exclusion criteria

• Medically or emotionally unstable day of visit
• Already receiving behavioral health services
• Cannot read/understand English
• Will not be available for post-tests

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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121 participants in 3 patient groups

Treatment as usual

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will receive treatment as usual from their provider.

iMET

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive the iMET intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: iMET

iMET/TE

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive the iMET intervention and Technological Extenders (TEs).

Treatment:

Behavioral: iMET/TE