Exploring the components of an efficacious computer brief intervention for reducing marijuana use among adults in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the efficacious components of a computer-delivered brief intervention (CBI) for reducing marijuana use among adults presenting to a low-income urban emergency department (ED), which a prior report found to decrease marijuana use at a 6-month follow-up.

Method

Participants were 237 ED patients reporting recent drug use (46% male; 54% African-American; mean age, 30.7) who were randomized to receive a CBI consisting of an interactive program guided by a virtual health counselor. The primary outcome was past 30-day marijuana use at 6-month follow-up assessed using the Timeline Follow-Back (TLFB). Intervention components related to change in marijuana use at 6 month follow-up examined in the current study included participant responses to items within five CB

SUBMITTER: Waller R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538032 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature