Health for Izhevsk Me

Completed

• Conditions: Hazardous drinking; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Alcohol consumption

• Registration Number: ISRCTN82405938
• Lead Sponsor: ondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-01-29
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

The men recruited into the trial will be drawn from a longitudinal observational study that is part of the Izhevsk Family Study II (aged 27 - 54 years).

PROXY reports (or self reports for men living alone) of hazardous drinking defined as one or more occurrences of:
1. Binge drinking in the past year
2. Surrogates in the past year
3. Hangover and/or excessive drunkenness and/or going to sleep clothed due to being drunk twice or more per week on average over the past year
4. Weekly average of 250 mls or more of ethanol from beverages over the past year (i.e., 25+ UK alcohol units/week)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Refusal to have a baseline health check
2. Refusal to be followed up at 3 and 12 months

Either of these criteria will result in exclusion from the trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified