Treatment Engagement With Technology-assisted Treatment (TETAT)

Johns Hopkins University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcoholism; Substance-related Disorders; Mentally Ill Chemical Abuse; Educational Technology

Treatments: Other: Treatment as Usual (TAU); Device: Therapeutic Education System (TES)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02674477

IRB00079236

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research is being done to study whether using an Internet-based program, called the Therapeutic Education System (TES), would be helpful for the treatment of substance use and other psychiatric problems.

Full description

TES has been shown to be helpful as substance abuse treatment in certain groups of people, mainly in the outpatient setting by using interactive modules for education. This study will expose some participants to this program while participants are hospitalized on an inpatient unit, and give the participants access to it after participants are discharged from the hospital. Those participants will still receive treatment as usual, as will the control group.

Enrollment: 95 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of drug or alcohol problem, plus another psychiatric problem, such as depression or anxiety
• drug or alcohol use in the last 30 days
• proficiency in English
• able to consent to study
• willing to engage in outpatient treatment
• willing to allow study team to contact outpatient providers

Exclusion criteria

• psychotic symptoms, such as hearing voices
• involuntary admission

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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95 participants in 2 patient groups

Therapeutic Education System (TES)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will have the opportunity to use the TES program while hospitalized, at specific, monitored times, and can also use it when discharged by using participant's specific login information. Participants can use it as much or as little as participants like. Participants will continue with treatment as usual during and after hospitalization, as well.

Treatment:

Device: Therapeutic Education System (TES)

Treatment as Usual (TAU)

Other group

Description:

Standard treatment comprises a psychiatrist-led interdisciplinary team as well as face-to-face group counseling for substance use and skills for improving general mental health. There will be no change to the routine care (treatment at usual \[TAU\]) provided to patients on the service.

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as Usual (TAU)