Ethnic differences in the effect of drug use and drug dependence on brief motivational interventions targeting alcohol use.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Craig FieldRaul Caetano

Abstract

We examined the effects of baseline drug use and dependence on alcohol use outcomes following brief motivational intervention for at-risk drinking (BMI-ETOH). HLM models were developed to test the interaction of drug use and dependence with BMI-ETOH for alcohol use among Hispanic (n=539), Caucasian (n=667), and black (n=287) patients admitted to a Level-1 trauma center who screened positive for alcohol misuse. Analyses of an interaction of drug dependence and BMI-ETOH at baseline showed significant positive effects among Hispanics but not Caucasians or Blacks at six- and 12-months for percent days abstinent (6-month: B=0.27, SE=0.10, p=0.006; 12-month: B=0.41, SE=0.11, p<0.001), volume per week (6-month: B=-1.91, SE=0.77, p=0.01; 12-month: B = -2.71, SE=0.86, p=0.002), and maximum amount consumed (6-month: B = -1.08, SE=0.46, p=0.02; 12-month: B = -1.62, SE=0.52, p=0.002). Baseline drug dependence did not negatively impact drinking outcomes. Among Hispanics, those with drug dependence at baseline who received a BMI-ETOH demonstrated consistent improvements across drinking outcomes. While the effects of drug use at baseline on drinking outcomes following BMI-ETOH varied by type of drug used and ethnicity, additional research is ...Continue Reading

References

Oct 12, 1984·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·J A Ewing
Apr 2, 1997·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·M F FlemingR London
Aug 20, 1997·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·F P RivaraA L Kellermann
Mar 21, 1998·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology·G Andrews, L Peters
Feb 1, 2002·Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research·Michael F FlemingKristen Lawton Barry
Jul 1, 2005·Annals of Emergency Medicine·Shahrzad Bazargan-HejaziEdward Bernstein
Sep 27, 2005·Drug and Alcohol Dependence·Salvatore Vitale, Dike van de Mheen
Dec 16, 2005·The Journal of Trauma·Craig FieldChris Dunn
Dec 16, 2005·The Journal of Trauma·Chris DunnBarbara McCann
Dec 3, 2009·Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research·Craig Field, Raul Caetano

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Aug 12, 2014·Behavioral Medicine·Gerald CochranRaul Caetano
May 14, 2014·Substance Abuse : Official Publication of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse·Gerald CochranRaul Caetano
Apr 26, 2017·Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse·LaTrice Montgomery, Kathleen M Carroll

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Alcohol Use Disorder

Alcohol use disorder involves a pattern of alcohol consumption that includes compulsive use and a loss of control over intake of alcohol. The impact on physical health, socioeconomic factors, and psychiatric health is profound. Find the latest research on alcohol use disorder here.