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Alcohol Expert System Intervention for Problematic Alcohol Use

NCT00400010 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 347

Last updated 2014-04-02

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Summary

In a randomized controlled trial, patients recruited in a general hospital and fulfilling criteria for alcohol dependence, alcohol abuse or at-risk drinking will be randomly allocated to two conditions:(1) Transtheoretical Model (TTM)-based expert system group, patients receive an individualized feedback on drinking norms, health-related risks and core constructs of the TTM, augmented by a TTM-based manual, (2) Control group,receiving a booklet on health behavior.

Outcome assessment will be conducted after 12 months. The hypothesis is that individualized feedback leads to greater reduction in alcohol consumption and elevated readiness to change at follow-up.

Conditions

  • Alcohol-related Disorders
  • Alcohol Drinking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Expert System Intervention

Questionnaires on motivation to change and alcohol consumption were assessed in a clinical interview. Data were entered in a Computer and a fully automatized feedback letter was generated by an expert system. The printed feedback letter was handed out to patients by study staff the following day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Luebeck

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hans-Juergen Rumpf, Ph.D. · University of Luebeck

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-10-31
Primary Completion
2005-11-30
Completion
2006-11-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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