A randomized controlled trial of screening and brief interventions for substance misuse in reproductive health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment may reduce substance misuse but has received minimal study among women who are treated in reproductive health settings.

Objective

The purpose of this study was to determine whether "screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment" that is delivered either electronically or by clinician are more effective than enhanced usual care in decreasing days of primary substance use.

Study design

Women from 2 reproductive centers who smoked cigarettes or misused alcohol, illicit drugs, or prescription medication were allocated randomly to "screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment" delivered electronically or by clinician or to enhanced usual care. Assessments were completed at baseline and

SUBMITTER: Martino S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6896206 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature