Testing the Effectiveness of a Graphic Novel Health Education Curriculum for Patients With Addiction

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Alcohol Use, Drug Use

In brief

This study deploys a strategy to develop and evaluate a training-efficient, multimedia patient-centered Health Education Toolkit to promote shared decision making between counselors and patients. An existing evidence-based toolkit intervention will be adapted and redesigned by a patient and provider team into an engaging, narrative graphic novel curriculum useful in group and individual counseling. The proven behavioral interventions will be augmented with health education material focused on medication assisted treatment (MAT). We will assess feasibility and acceptability, and pilot test whether exposure to the Toolkit (TK) can shared decision making conversations, reduce substance use, and increase engagement with MAT.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02378181

Run by

Treatment Research Institute

People needed

49

Starts

2016-08-16

Expected to finish

2017-04-15

Last updated by the study team

2023-09-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years or older
• Screening score of at least 16 on the AUDIT
• Meets criteria for a DSM-V substance use disorder as assessed via the MINI Plus 5.0.
• Reports at least two heavy drinking episodes in the previous 4 weeks

You may not qualify if…

• Reports plans to leave the Philadelphia greater metropolitan area within the next 6 months
• Does not speak English
• Unable to provide valid informed consent

Where it is running

• Wedge Medical Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Kirkbride Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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