Alcohol use disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Study setting: Teaching Hospital Peradeniya.
Method of randomisation: Participants will be randomized according to ABC, BCA, CAB order.
Intervention: Adapted Brief Intervention (ABI): The World Healt
Sponsors
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
Australian National University
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. All consenting male patients who are 18 years or above admitted to wards 1,8,12,16 and 17 of Teaching Hospital Peradeniya 2. All male patients who score 5 or more for Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-C (AUDIT-C) which is a screening tool.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The patients who have ongoing serious physical or mental illness, making them incapable of following the directions given 2. The patients who are already on therapy/ intervention to reduce alcohol related harms 3. The patients who choose to go for specialized psychiatry care due to the severity of their ARPs (Others in this category will be chosen since BI could be helpful in some such patients (WHO 2017) 4. If the patient has been recruited in the current study in a previous admission 5. Patients who are not able to communicate adequately in Sinhala
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Timeline Follow Back method will be used to compare alcohol consumption pre and post intervention. Timeline Follow Back, is a tool used to assess the number of drinks the patient consumed each day. The patient has to mark ‘0’ on days he did not consume alcohol. Consumption measured in this manner, four weeks prior to the initial assessment and four weeks of follow-up will be compared between the three arms and also of the same patient to see whether there is any change. [Baseline, 4 weeks] The score of 'Short Questionnaire for Family Members' This is a questionnaire which assesses the impact of alcohol user on the family member under 4 areas. The outcome is assessed by comparing the sub-score to each area (since lowering of score indicates improvement in some areas while in others, increasing score means improvement), at the beginning of the study and follow up period. The 4 areas are as follows: Impact on the family member (worrying behaviour, active disturbance), symptoms experienced (psychological and physical), how the family member is coping (engaged coping emotional, engaged coping assertive, tolerant inactive coping, withdrawal coping) and available support to the family member (helpful informal support, helpful formal support, unhelpful informal support). Each component is assessed separately at the beginning of the trial and at all follow up encounters. [ Baseline, 4 weeks] | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| None [] | — |
Countries
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Public ContactDewasmika Ariyasinghe
Senior Lecturer
Outcome results
None listed