Is the quality of brief motivational interventions for drug use in primary care associated with subsequent drug use?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although a number of brief intervention approaches for drug use are based on motivational interviewing (MI), relatively little is known about whether the quality of motivational interviewing skills is associated with intervention outcomes.

Method

The current study examined whether indices of motivational interviewing skill were associated with subsequent drug use outcomes following two different MI-based brief interventions delivered in primary care; a 15 min Brief Negotiated Interview (BNI) and a 45 min adaptation of motivational interviewing (MOTIV). Audio recordings from 351 participants in a randomized controlled trial for drug use in primary care were coded using the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity Scale, (MITI Version 3.1.1). Separate negative

SUBMITTER: Palfai TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4870816 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature