Borsari Brian, Short Erica Eaton, Mastroleo Nadine R, Hustad John T P, Tevyaw Tracy O'Leary, Barnett Nancy P, Kahler Christopher W, Monti Peter M
Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, RI 02908; Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Box G-S121-5, Providence, RI 02912.
Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Box G-S121-5, Providence, RI 02912.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2014 May-Jun;46(5):592-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2014.01.001. Epub 2014 Jan 13.
Across the United States, tens of thousands of college students are mandated to receive an alcohol intervention following an alcohol policy violation. Telephone interventions may be an efficient method to provide mandated students with an intervention, especially when they are away from campus during summer vacation. However, little is known about the utility of telephone-delivered brief motivational interventions.
Participants in the study (N=57) were college students mandated to attend an alcohol program following a campus-based alcohol citation. Participants were randomized to a brief motivational phone intervention (pBMI) (n=36) or assessment only (n=21). Ten participants (27.8%) randomized to the pBMI did not complete the intervention. Follow-up assessments were conducted 3, 6, and 9 months post-intervention.
Results indicated the pBMI significantly reduced the number of alcohol-related problems compared to the assessment-only group. Participants who did not complete the pBMI appeared to be lighter drinkers at baseline and randomization, suggesting the presence of alternate influences on alcohol-related problems.
Phone BMIs may be an efficient and cost-effective method to reduce harms associated with alcohol use by heavy-drinking mandated students during the summer months.
在美国，数以万计的大学生在违反酒精政策后被要求接受酒精干预。电话干预可能是为被要求的学生提供干预的一种有效方法，尤其是当他们在暑假离开校园时。然而，对于通过电话提供的简短动机干预的效用知之甚少。
该研究的参与者（N = 57）是在校园内因酒精违规行为而被要求参加酒精项目的大学生。参与者被随机分为简短动机电话干预组（pBMI）（n = 36）或仅评估组（n = 21）。随机分配到pBMI组的10名参与者（27.8%）未完成干预。在干预后3个月、6个月和9个月进行随访评估。
结果表明，与仅评估组相比，pBMI显著减少了与酒精相关的问题数量。未完成pBMI的参与者在基线和随机分组时似乎饮酒量较轻，这表明存在对与酒精相关问题的其他影响因素。
电话BMI可能是一种有效且具有成本效益的方法，可减少暑期大量饮酒的被要求学生与酒精使用相关的危害。
