Depressive symptoms moderate treatment response to brief intervention for prevention of alcohol exposed pregnancy.

ABSTRACT: The previously published randomized controlled trial, EARLY, tested the efficacy of a motivational interviewing (MI) plus feedback condition against a video information (VI) condition and an informational brochure (IB) condition in reducing drinking and/or increasing contraception effectiveness, and found that drinking and rates of effective contraception improved in all conditions. In this reanalysis of the data from EARLY, potential moderating effects of depressive, global distress, and anxiety symptoms in response to the three brief interventions to reduce alcohol exposed pregnancy risk were examined. Women with higher levels of depression at baseline reported greater improvements in the MI plus feedback condition versus the VI and IB conditions with depression moderating both drinking

SUBMITTER: Penberthy JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3742677 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature