Generic Health Relevance, alcohol consumption, problem drinkers Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
Conditions
Interventions
1. An alcohol focused intervention - a manually driven, social network based, cognitive behavioural intervention using motivational dialogue with a strong evidence base in UK clinical trials and is in
Sponsors
Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Men and women aged 18 years and over 2. Admitted to St James's Hospital and/or Leeds General Infirmary 3. Diagnosis likely to be responsive to addiction interventions, scoring equal to or more than 16 on the modified Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Aged less than 18 years of age at the time of screening 2. Have received specialist treatment with a primary focus on alcohol in the past 6 weeks 3. No-fixed abode (i.e. not available for follow-up) 4. Currently serving a sentence in prison or outstanding legal issues likely to lead to imprisonment (i.e. not available for follow-up) 5. Mental or physical illness likely to preclude active participation in treatment or follow up (e.g. not stable through current medication/treatment) 6. Unwilling to give written informed consent 7. Unable to give written informed consent 8. Unable to take part in either intervention using spoken English 9. Unable to self-complete the English language outcome measure tools
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| AUDIT score at six months post randomisation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Qualitative research: The acceptability of the assessment process and interventions will be explored in order to inform future practice by means of semi-structured interviews. These interviews will add to the quantitative measures detailed below, in addressing the acceptability of these interventions and the possible mechanism of their impacts. 2. Dependence: Dependence will be measured at baseline, six and 12 months using the Leeds Dependence Questionnaire (LDQ) 3. Social Satisfaction: Social satisfaction will be measured at baseline, six and 12 months using the Social Satisfaction Questionnaire (SSQ). 4. Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (CORE-10): Subjective well-being, psychological problems and functioning using the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (CORE-10) will be assessed at baseline, six and 12 months post randomisation 5. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL): HRQoL will be assessed at baseline, six and 12 months post randomisation using the European Quality of Life - 5 Dimensions (EQ-5D) 6. Costs: Costs of delivering a healthy living intervention and those of the alcohol focused intervention will be measured by recording the resources utilised in the identification and delivery of both interventions. Participant use of health services, other alcohol services outside the study, public services and criminal justice services will be assessed using a service use questionnaire at baseline, six and 12 months post randomisation | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed