Testing a proactive expert system intervention to prevent and to quit at-risk alcohol use

Conditions

alcohol use

Andreas Staudt, Jennis Freyer‐Adam, Till Ittermann, Christian Meyer, Gallus Bischof et al. (7 authors)

BMC Medical Research Methodology2022-09-2417 citations

The Moderating Effect of Educational Background on the Efficacy of a Computer-Based Brief Intervention Addressing the Full Spectrum of Alcohol Use: Randomized Controlled Trial

Andreas Staudt, Jennis Freyer‐Adam, Christian Meyer, Gallus Bischof, Ulrich John et al. (6 authors)

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance2022-06-3011 citations

10.2196/33345

Proactive expert system intervention to prevent or quit at-risk alcohol use (PRINT): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Sophie Baumann, Andreas Staudt, Jennis Freyer‐Adam, Ulrich John

BMC Public Health2018-07-0913 citations

10.1186/s12889-018-5774-1

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: Participants in the intervention group receive individualized feedback letters and self-help manuals (if appropriate) at baseline, month 3, and month 6. An expert system s

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 64 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: alcohol use in the previous twelve months

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: a) cognitively or physically incapable, b) insufficient language or reading skills, c) already approached during an earlier visit, d) escorting person, e) employed at the conducting research Institute, f) no telephone, g) no address

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of drinks containing alcohol per day (change from baseline to month 12): Quantity-frequency product determined by two questions concerning alcohol use in the month prior to assessment: (1) “In the past 30 days, how often did you have an alcoholic drink?” (never/ once/ 2-4 times/ 2-3 times per week/ 4 or more times per week) and (2) “In the past 30 days, how many drinks did you typically have on a drinking day?”. A drink is defined as 0.25-0.3 l beer, 0.1-0.15 l wine/ sparkling wine, or 4 cl spirits.	—

Measure

Time frame

Number of drinks containing alcohol per day (change from baseline to month 12): Quantity-frequency product determined by two questions concerning alcohol use in the month prior to assessment: (1) “In the past 30 days, how often did you have an alcoholic drink?” (never/ once/ 2-4 times/ 2-3 times per week/ 4 or more times per week) and (2) “In the past 30 days, how many drinks did you typically have on a drinking day?”. A drink is defined as 0.25-0.3 l beer, 0.1-0.15 l wine/ sparkling wine, or 4 cl spirits.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
a) at-risk alcohol use (change from baseline to month 12): Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) score of 4/ 5 or more for women/ men, b) number of heavy drinking days in the past week (change from baseline to month 12) determined by asking “How many drinks did you have on each single day during the past seven days, starting with yesterday?” and summing the days with 4/ 5 or more drinks for women/ men, c) alcohol use problem severity (change from baseline to month 12): AUDIT score, d) motivation to change (change from baseline to month 12): 4-item staging algorithm, e) tobacco use (change from baseline to month 12): quantity-frequency index based on two questions: (1) "On how many days per month did you smoke cigarettes/ cigarillos/ cigars/ pipes?" and (2) "How many cigarettes/ cigarillos/ cigars/ pipes did you typically smoke on a smoking day?". f) mental health (change from baseline to month 12): 5-item mental health inventory (MHI-5), g) self-reported health (change from baseline to month 12): “Would you say your health in general is: excellent/ very good/ good/ fair/ poor?”	—

Measure

Time frame

a) at-risk alcohol use (change from baseline to month 12): Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) score of 4/ 5 or more for women/ men, b) number of heavy drinking days in the past week (change from baseline to month 12) determined by asking “How many drinks did you have on each single day during the past seven days, starting with yesterday?” and summing the days with 4/ 5 or more drinks for women/ men, c) alcohol use problem severity (change from baseline to month 12): AUDIT score, d) motivation to change (change from baseline to month 12): 4-item staging algorithm, e) tobacco use (change from baseline to month 12): quantity-frequency index based on two questions: (1) "On how many days per month did you smoke cigarettes/ cigarillos/ cigars/ pipes?" and (2) "How many cigarettes/ cigarillos/ cigars/ pipes did you typically smoke on a smoking day?". f) mental health (change from baseline to month 12): 5-item mental health inventory (MHI-5), g) self-reported health (change from baseline to month 12): “Would you say your health in general is: excellent/ very good/ good/ fair/ poor?”

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAndreas Staudt

TU Dresden, Medizinische Fakultät, Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin

andreas.staudt@tu-dresden.de+493513177452

Outcome results

None listed