Implementing Motivational Interviewing for Substance Misuse on Medical Inpatient Units: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

General medical hospitals provide care for a disproportionate share of patients who misuse substances. Hospitalization provides a unique opportunity to identify and motivate patients to address their substance misuse.

Objective

To determine the effectiveness of three strategies for implementing motivational interviewing for substance misuse with general medical inpatients.

Design

Type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial (Clinical Trials.gov: NCT01825057).

Participants

Thirty-eight providers (physicians, physician assistants, nurses) from 13 general medical inpatient services, and 1173 of their patients admitted to an academically affiliated acute care hospital.

Interventions

Implementation strategies included (1)

SUBMITTER: Martino S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6848470 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature