Improving Substance Abuse Counseling Adherence Using Web-based Videoconferencing
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 65 |
| Updated: | 3/30/2013 |
| Start Date: | December 2009 |
| Contact: | Kori Kindbom, MA |
| Email: | kindbom@jhmi.edu |
| Phone: | (410) 550-0984 |
This research is being done to compare the effectiveness of standard on-site, in-person
counseling with Internet web-based videoconferencing (e-therapy) in drug-dependent patients
in opioid-agonist treatment programs. The study is looking to see if there are any
differences in satisfaction or in treatment outcome if counseling sessions are given by
e-therapy compared to standard, in-person counseling given in the clinic. The e-therapy
happens in real time- it works very much like standard therapy in the clinic except that the
patient is in his or her own home (or other convenient location outside the clinic) and
talks to and sees the therapist through an Internet connection on the computer (the
therapist will usually be at the clinic).
This study will be the first to evaluate the efficacy of an accredited and currently
available, Internet web-based videoconferencing platform to deliver routine schedules of
counseling in an opioid agonist treatment program. It has outstanding potential to help
determine transportability of this technology to other treatment programs by demonstrating
the benefits of integration of web-based therapy with on-site services to expand the
continuum of care.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Access to a computer with Internet capability
- Full adherence to their routine counseling schedule over the previous 30-days
- Negative urine specimens over the previous 30-days
- Patient at ATS for 90 days
Exclusion Criteria:
- No access to a computer with Internet capability
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