Screening and Brief Intervention for Substance Misuse Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Jennifer Bogner, PhD, ABPP

Status: Completed

Conditions: Traumatic Brain Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: Screening & Education Attention Control; Behavioral: Adapted Screening and Brief Intervention (Adapted SBI)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02129361

2012H0424

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is investigating one way to improve health and healthy habits after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The primary goal of this study is to determine if a brief intervention accommodated for persons with moderate or severe TBI is effective in reducing alcohol misuse during the year following injury. It is hypothesized that an adapted Screening, Education and Brief Intervention (adapted SBI) will reduce the number of alcoholic drinks consumed per week over the year following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation, in comparison to a Screening and Education Attention Control condition (SEA control).

Enrollment: 139 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Sustained a TBI, defined as damage to brain tissue caused by external force and evidenced by loss of consciousness, post-traumatic amnesia, skull fracture, or objective neurological findings
• History of alcohol misuse within the year prior to injury
• Be at least 18 years old
• English-speaking
• Have cleared post-traumatic amnesia
• Able and willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Language impairments that would preclude participation in interview
• Has not cleared post-traumatic amnesia before discharge

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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139 participants in 2 patient groups

Adapted Screening and Brief Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Adapted Screening and Brief Intervention: Participants will be screened for substance use, receive education regarding the effects of substance misuse, participate in a motivation interview, and participate in a booster session one month later

Treatment:

Behavioral: Adapted Screening and Brief Intervention (Adapted SBI)

Screening & Education Attention Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Screening \& Education Attention Control: Participants will be screened for substance use, receive education regarding the effects of substance misuse, and participate in a booster session one month later

Treatment:

Behavioral: Screening & Education Attention Control