Allocation of patients with alcohol use disorders to appropriate levels of care according to a decision algorithm based on a standardized intake assessment
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- F10Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005035
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Insitut und Poliklinik für Medizinische Psychologie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 250
Inclusion Criteria
1. Alcohol use disorder (dependence or misuse) as primary diagnosis,
2. Current treatment in an inpatient qualified detoxification program,
3. Completed medical detoxification,
4. cognitively and verbal ability to give consent to the study and to participate in the interview
5. voluntary participation
Exclusion Criteria
1. Too low knowledge of the German language to take part in the study,
2. Being in treatment for reasons other than alcohol-related disorders,
3. Crisis intervention,
4. Acute psychosis,
5. Serious cognitive impairments,
6. Illiteracy,
7. Already approved treatment decision at intake
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - days of abstinence in terms of abstinent drinkers and days of heavy drinking (> 6 units per day) with the MATE at T0 and T1<br>- health economic costs with the CSSRI at T0 and T1<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - feasibility of the procedure <br>- monitoring of the implementation of the MATE in the participating qualified detoxification programs <br>- feasibility of the use of the adapted MATE-algorithm for allocation decisions <br>- estimation of patients attrition<br>- estimation of compliance of therapist with the intervention<br><br>