The effects of motivational interviewing on patients with comorbid substance use admitted to a psychiatric emergency unit - a randomised controlled trial with two year follow-up

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Gunnar Morken¹  Pål Romundstad²  Johan Håkon Bjørngaard³  Christine Østensen⁴  Gunnhild Bagøien⁵  Solveig Klæbo Reitan⁵ 

[1] Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;Department of Research and Development, Psychiatry, St. Olav University Hospital, P O Box 3008, NO-7441, Lade, Trondheim, Norway;Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;Forensic Department and Research Centre Bröset, St. Olav University Hospital Trondheim, Norway;Østmarka Department of Psychiatry, St. Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway;Østmarka Department of Psychiatry, St. Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway;Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway;

关键词: Motivational interview;    Psychiatric emergency services;    Comorbidity;    Substance abuse;    Hospitalisation;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-13-93

 received in 2012-06-26, accepted in 2013-03-12,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe prevalence of substance use in people acutely admitted to in-patient psychiatric wards is high and the patients` duration of stay is limited. Motivational interviewing is a method with evidence based effect in short interventions. The aims of the present study were to compare the effects of 2 sessions of motivational interviewing and treatment as usual (intervention group) with treatment as usual only (control group) on adult patients with comorbid substance use admitted to a psychiatric in-patient emergency unit.MethodsThis was an open randomised controlled trial including 135 patients where substance use influenced the admittance. After admission and assessments, the patients were allocated to the intervention group (n = 67) or the control group (n = 68). The primary outcome was self-reported days per month of substance use during the last 3 months at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after inclusion. Data was analysed with a multilevel linear repeated measures regression model.ResultsBoth groups reduced substance use during the first 12 months with no substantial difference between the 2 groups. At 2 year follow-up, the control group had increased their substance use with 2.4 days (95% confidence interval (CI) –1.5 to 6.3), whereas the intervention group had reduced their monthly substance use with 4.9 days (95% CI 1.2 to 8.6) compared to baseline. The 2 year net difference was 7.3 days of substance use per month (95% CI 1.9 to 12.6, p < 0.01) in favour of the intervention group.ConclusionsThe present study suggests that 2 sessions of motivational interviewing to patients with comorbid substance use admitted to a psychiatric emergency unit reduce substance use frequency substantially at 2 year follow-up.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00184223

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