Testing A Couple-based Program for Alcohol Risk Reduction in the National Guard
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Alcohol; Harmful Use
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
- Enrollment
- 44
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Attitude Items
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this project is to develop and test indicated prevention intervention to harness support and health promoting endeavors to address use of alcohol to cope with reintegration challenges in Massachusetts National Guard (MANG) service members.
Detailed Description
Specific Aim 1: To modify the existing, efficacious Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy (ABCT) manual into a 6-session prevention protocol, called Alcohol Behavioral Couple Prevention (ABCP) that will be developed for delivery via in-person and telehealth platforms. The goal of the new ABCP is for individuals or family dyads to learn to work together to minimize hazardous drinking in order to effectively address other problems often present among returning service members. Specific Aim 2: To field test feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a prevention protocol using a successive cohort design. First, an in-person protocol will be tested with 4 National Guard (NG) members and then adapt and test the protocol for 4 NG members via an analog telehealth design. Again, the manual and accompanied materials will be revised. Specific Aim 3: To conduct a small Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) to compare 2 conditions with 22 NG Members in each: (1) In person (ABCP_P; 11 individual, 11 dyad), and (2) Telehealth (ABCP_T; 11 individual, 11 dyad).
Investigators
Elizabeth Epstein
Professor
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- •unable to give consent
- •Prisoners
- •Principal Investigators determined the participant requires a higher level of care (based on unstabilized psychiatric disorder, and/or high drinking or drug use severity, and/or inability to attend to adl's and/or agitated behavior
- •Service Member is unable to read or comprehend English at the 7th grade education level
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Attitude Items
Time Frame: Baseline and through study completion, about 8 weeks
6 item self-report questionnaire assessing attitudes toward drinking under different circumstances. Item scores were summed to calculate total scores, with scores ranging from 6 to 24. Higher scores indicate greater attitudes about acceptability of drinking across situations.
Percent Drinking Days
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 2 months post session 1
Derived from Timeline Followback (TLFB)
Percent Heavy Drinking Days
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 2 months post session 1
Derived from Timeline Followback (TLFB)
Mean Drinks Per Drinking Day
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 2 months post session 1
Derived from Timeline Followback (TLFB)
Secondary Outcomes
- Coping Strategies Scale(Change from baseline at 2 months post Session 1)
- Alcohol Expectancies Questionnaire 3(Change from baseline at 2 months post Session 1)
- Treatment Services Review(Weekly for up to 8 weeks)
- Couple Satisfaction Inventory 16(Baseline and through study completion, about 8 weeks)
- Perceived Social Support - Family(Baseline and through study completion, about 8 weeks)
- Outcomes Questionnaire (OQ) - 30(Baseline and through study completion, about 8 weeks)
- Working Alliance Inventory Short Form(Baseline and through study completion, about 8 weeks)
- Use of Prevention Skills(Baseline and through study completion, about 8 weeks)
- Copello Coping Questionnaire(Baseline and through study completion, about 8 weeks)
- World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL) Questionnaire - Bref(Change from baseline at 2 months post Session 1)