Jennifer R. Mertens|Catherine L. Ward|Graham Bresick|Tina Broder|Constance Weisner
Effectiveness of Nurse-Practitioner-Delivered Brief Motivational Intervention for Young Adult Alcohol and Drug Use in Primary Care in South Africa: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Kaiser Permanente|University of Cape Town|University of Cape Town|Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics|University of California, San Francisco|Kaiser Permanente
aims assess effectiveness brief motivational intervention alcohol drug use young adult primary care patients lowincome population country methods randomized controlled trial publicsector clinic delft township western cape south africa recruited 403 patients randomized either singlesession nurse practitionerdelivered brief motivational intervention plus referral list usual care plus referral list followed 3 months results although rates atrisk alcohol use drug use differ treatment arm followup patients assigned brief motivational intervention significantly reduced scores assist alcohol smoking substance involvement screening test alcoholthe prevalent substance conclusion brief motivational intervention may effective reducing atrisk alcohol use short term among lowincome young adult primary care patients additional research needed examine longterm outcomes