Hazardous drinking Mental and Behavioural Disorders Alcohol consumption
Conditions
Interventions
An adaptation of Motivational Interviewing (MI) has been developed for the Russian context, and includes topics such as surrogate drinking and binge drinking (zapoi). MI involves empathic questioning
Sponsors
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The men recruited into the trial will be drawn from a longitudinal observational study that is part of the Izhevsk Family Study II (aged 27 - 54 years). PROXY reports (or self reports for men living alone) of hazardous drinking defined as one or more occurrences of: 1. Binge drinking in the past year 2. Surrogates in the past year 3. Hangover and/or excessive drunkenness and/or going to sleep clothed due to being drunk twice or more per week on average over the past year 4. Weekly average of 250 mls or more of ethanol from beverages over the past year (i.e., 25+ UK alcohol units/week)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Refusal to have a baseline health check 2. Refusal to be followed up at 3 and 12 months Either of these criteria will result in exclusion from the trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| SELF report of hazardous drinking 3 months post-randomisation defined as one or more occurrences of: 1. Binge drinking (zapoi) in the past month 2. Surrogates in the past month 3. Hangover and/or excessive drunkenness and/or going to sleep clothed due to being drunk twice or more per week on average over the past month 4. 250 mls or more of ethanol from beverages in the past week from beverages (i.e., 25+ UK alcohol units) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| SELF and PROXY report of hazardous drinking 12 months post-randomisation defined as one or more occurrences of: 1. Binge drinking (zapoi) in the past month 2. Surrogates in the past month 3. Hangover and/or excessive drunkenness and/or going to sleep clothed due to being drunk twice or more per week on average over the past month 4. 250 mls or more of ethanol from beverages in the past week from beverages (i.e., 25+ UK alcohol units) SELF completed: 5. AUDIT questionnaire (World Health Organization [WHO] developed global screening assessment of hazardous drinking 6. Leeds Dependency questionnaire 7. Short Index of Problems (SIP) questionnaire Biomarkers of: 9. Liver damage (gamma-glutamyl transferase [GGT], alanine aminotransferase [ALT], aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) 10. Recent heavy drinking (carbohydrate-deficient transferrin [CDT]) | — |
Countries
Russian Federation
Outcome results
None listed