Screening and brief intervention for drug use in primary care: the ASPIRE randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The United States has invested substantially in screening and brief intervention for illicit drug use and prescription drug misuse, based in part on evidence of efficacy for unhealthy alcohol use. However, it is not a recommended universal preventive service in primary care because of lack of evidence of efficacy.

Objective

To test the efficacy of 2 brief counseling interventions for unhealthy drug use (any illicit drug use or prescription drug misuse)-a brief negotiated interview (BNI) and an adaptation of motivational interviewing (MOTIV)-compared with no brief intervention.

Design, setting, and participants

This 3-group randomized trial took place at an urban hospital-based primary care internal medicine practice; 528 adult primary care patients with dru

SUBMITTER: Saitz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4667772 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature