Evaluation of the Integrated Intervention for Dual Problems and Early Action Among Latino Immigrants With Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Misuse Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Immigrants are at an increased risk for co-occurring mental health and substance misuse symptoms; however, effective treatments are lacking.

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of the Integrated Intervention for Dual Problems and Early Action (IIDEA) program compared with enhanced usual care.

Design, setting, and participants

This effectiveness randomized clinical trial was conducted from September 2, 2014, to February 2, 2017, in 17 clinics or emergency departments and 24 community sites in Boston, Massachusetts, as well as in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. Equal randomization (1:1) in 2-person blocks was used, assigning participants to either the IIDEA treatment group (n = 172) or the enhanced usual care control group (n = 169). Intent-to-treat analyses

SUBMITTER: Alegria M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6484537 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature