Interventions for HIV+ Mothers With Problem Drinking

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00183209

Enrollment

118

Registered

2005-09-16

Start date

2001-12-31

Completion date

2008-01-31

Last updated

2018-02-05

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Conditions

Substance Use Disorders

Keywords

Substance use disorders, Parent child relationship

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a 14-session behavioral intervention for HIV-infected and uninfected mothers with problem drinking. The intervention targets alcohol and drug problems, sexual risk behavior, and parenting. We hypothesize that mothers in the 14-session intervention condition will show improvements in alcohol and drug use, sexual risk behavior, and parenting in comparison to the control condition, which receives a one session brief video intervention.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a 14-session behavioral intervention for HIV-infected and uninfected mothers with problem drinking. We targeted 118 mothers of adolescent children (aged 11-18). The intervention is based on Social Action Theory (Ewart, 1991) and targets alcohol and drug problems, sexual risk behavior, and parenting. Mothers are followed and interviewed at four intervals over 18 months. Because we anticipate that the intervention will have effects on adolescent behavior, these youth are also enrolled and interviewed at three intervals over 12 months. Adolescents do not attend intervention sessions. We hypothesize that mothers in the 14-session intervention condition will show improvements in alcohol and drug use, sexual risk behavior, and parenting in comparison to the control condition, which receives a one session brief video intervention.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALFamily First

Family First = 14 sessions lasting 1.5 hours each based on Social Action Theory and Motivational Interviewing (7 sessions on reducing alcohol and drug use and 7 sessions on reducing parenting challenges). Brief Video Intervention was a single session designed to increase motivation to reduce/eliminate problem drinking or drug use.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

11 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

for adult participants (mothers): * Age over 18 * Meets criteria for problem drinking on the AUDIT (score of 6 or greater) * Has one biological/adopted child aged 11-18 who was in the home at least half the time in the past month

Exclusion criteria

* Injection drug use in the past three months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction or elimination of alcohol and drug use	18 months
Reduction or elimination of alcohol/drug use problems	18 months
Improvement in parenting behaviors (monitoring, communication, etc)	18 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction or elimination of sexual risk behavior	18 months

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026