Brief, Peer-Delivered Motivational Interview Promotes Help Seeking Behavior among College Students with Needle Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Autor/inn/en	Finitsis, David J.; Cruess, Dean G.; Pinnamaraju, Sharishma; Robinson, Paul; Woodruff, Torri A.
Titel	Brief, Peer-Delivered Motivational Interview Promotes Help Seeking Behavior among College Students with Needle Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 70 (2022) 3, S.654-659 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Finitsis, David J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2020.1763365
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; Immunization Programs; Intervention; Help Seeking; Program Effectiveness; Student Attitudes; Undergraduate Students; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Student Characteristics; Peer Counseling; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Immunisierung; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Schülerverhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Needle anxiety symptoms are prevalent among college students and predict lack of engagement in student health initiatives including influenza immunization programs. Most do not seek treatment for their anxiety. Objective: To develop and test a peer-delivered, brief motivational interview to promote help-seeking behaviors among college students with needle anxiety symptoms. Participants/Methods: 61 university students who reported needle anxiety symptoms and having avoided medical situations involving needles in the last year were randomized to intervention or control conditions. Analyses compared self-reported help seeking behaviors at three months post-intervention. Results: Intervention group participants were more than twice as likely to report help-seeking behavior at follow up (IR = 2.41; 95%CI = 1.29, 4.50; p=0.006) than the control group. Participants also endorsed high levels of satisfaction with the intervention. Conclusions: This pilot intervention appears acceptable and feasible to implement using peers in the college setting. There is preliminary evidence for efficacy, with larger-scale replication needed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01