AA Linkage for Alcohol Abusing Women Leaving Jail

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Sexual Risk Behavior; Alcohol Use; AA Attendance
• Interventions: Other: Introduction to AA volunteer

• Registration Number: NCT01970293
• Lead Sponsor: Butler Hospital

Brief Summary

The primary aims of this study are to test the hypotheses that among alcohol abusing and dependent jailed women returning to the community, adding an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) linkage intervention will result in less alcohol use at follow-up, increased AA attendance once released, and decreased HIV/STI sexual risk behavior. Additionally, this study seeks to test the hypotheses that increased AA attendance will mediate the effect of the AA linkage intervention on alcohol use and that percent days abstinent will mediate the effect of the intervention on HIV/STI sexual risk-taking outcomes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-08-08
• Study Start: 2013-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-10-22
• Study First Posted: 2013-10-28
• Primary Completion: 2019-07
• Study Completion: 2020-07
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-08
• Last Update Posted: 2020-09-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

To be eligible for the study participants must:

1. Be 18 years or older
2. Live in RI or MA within 20 miles of Providence and plan to remain in the area for the next 6 months
3. Meet DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence in the last six months
4. Do not expect to attend residential alcohol or drug treatment upon release
5. Report STI/HIV sexual risk defined as unprotected heterosexual sex at least three times in the three months prior to incarceration
6. Speak English.
7. Be currently held at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions Jail facility

Women will be excluded from participation if they:

1. Cannot provide the name of at least two locator persons who will know where they can be found.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Introduction to AA volunteer	Introduction to AA volunteer	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in number of alcohol use days from baseline to 6 months	Baseline, 1, 3, and 6 months	Timeline Followback (TLFB) participant recall of alcohol use days.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Butler Hospital; 🇺🇸 Providence, Rhode Island, United States