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Stepped Interventions for Problem Drinkers

NCT00391742 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 450

Last updated 2006-10-24

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Summary

In a randomized controlled trial, patients recruited in general practices and fulfilling criteria for alcohol dependence, alcohol abuse, at-risk drinking or binge drinking will be allocated to three conditions: (1) Stepped Care intervention (SC): up to 4 interventions depending on the success of the previous intervention (assessed by alcohol consumption and self-efficacy) which start with a minimal intervention (written feedback and manuals) and are followed by more intensive interventions (counseling) in case of no success, (2) Fixed Care intervention (FC): A fixed number of counseling sessions plus written feedback and manuals, and (3) a control group (CG) booklet on health behavior. Outcome assessment will be conducted in all three groups after 12 months. The hypothesis is that SC and FC do not differ in effectiveness but SC is more economic.

Conditions

  • Alcohol-Related Disorders
  • Alcohol Drinking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Luebeck

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hans-Jürgen Rumpf, Ph D · University of Lübeck

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-10-31
Completion
2004-06-30

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