Automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples: a randomized controlled trial
Abstract Objective The primary objective was to evaluate 6-month outcomes for brief and extensive automated telephony interventions targeting problematic alcohol use, in comparison to an assessment-only control group. The secondary objective was to compare levels of problematic alcohol use (hazardou...
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| description | Abstract Objective The primary objective was to evaluate 6-month outcomes for brief and extensive automated telephony interventions targeting problematic alcohol use, in comparison to an assessment-only control group. The secondary objective was to compare levels of problematic alcohol use (hazardous, harmful or probable dependence), gender and age among study participants from clinical psychiatric and addiction outpatient settings and from population-based telephone helpline users and Internet help-seeker samples. Results The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was used for screening of problematic alcohol use and 6-month follow-up assessment. A total of 248 of help-seekers with at least hazardous use (AUDIT scores of ≥ 6/≥ 8 for women/men) were recruited from clinical and general population settings. Minor recruitment group differences were identified with respect to AUDIT scores and age at baseline. One hundred and sixty persons (64.5%) did not complete the follow-up assessment. The attrition group had a higher proportion of probable dependence (71% vs. 56%; p = 0.025), and higher scores on the total AUDIT, and its subscales for alcohol consumption and alcohol problems. At follow up, within-group problem levels had declined across all three groups, but there were no significant between-group differences. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01958359, Registered October 9, 2013. Retrospectively registered |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5887b8c509354f37b5d39009443f1d582022-12-22T03:42:19ZengBMCBMC Research Notes1756-05002017-11-011011710.1186/s13104-017-2955-4Automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples: a randomized controlled trialClaes Andersson0Mikael Gajecki1Agneta Öjehagen2Anne H. Berman3Department of Criminology, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö UniversityCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County CouncilFaculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Psychiatry, Lund UniversityCentre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, & Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County CouncilAbstract Objective The primary objective was to evaluate 6-month outcomes for brief and extensive automated telephony interventions targeting problematic alcohol use, in comparison to an assessment-only control group. The secondary objective was to compare levels of problematic alcohol use (hazardous, harmful or probable dependence), gender and age among study participants from clinical psychiatric and addiction outpatient settings and from population-based telephone helpline users and Internet help-seeker samples. Results The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was used for screening of problematic alcohol use and 6-month follow-up assessment. A total of 248 of help-seekers with at least hazardous use (AUDIT scores of ≥ 6/≥ 8 for women/men) were recruited from clinical and general population settings. Minor recruitment group differences were identified with respect to AUDIT scores and age at baseline. One hundred and sixty persons (64.5%) did not complete the follow-up assessment. The attrition group had a higher proportion of probable dependence (71% vs. 56%; p = 0.025), and higher scores on the total AUDIT, and its subscales for alcohol consumption and alcohol problems. At follow up, within-group problem levels had declined across all three groups, but there were no significant between-group differences. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01958359, Registered October 9, 2013. Retrospectively registeredhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2955-4AlcoholHazardousDependenceRandomizedInterventionTelephone |
| spellingShingle | Claes Andersson Mikael Gajecki Agneta Öjehagen Anne H. Berman Automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples: a randomized controlled trial BMC Research Notes Alcohol Hazardous Dependence Randomized Intervention Telephone |
| title | Automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples: a randomized controlled trial |
| title_full | Automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples: a randomized controlled trial |
| title_fullStr | Automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples: a randomized controlled trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | Automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples: a randomized controlled trial |
| title_short | Automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples: a randomized controlled trial |
| title_sort | automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples a randomized controlled trial |
| topic | Alcohol Hazardous Dependence Randomized Intervention Telephone |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-017-2955-4 |
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