A pilot study to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally adapted, ‘brief intervention’ vs ‘education about low risk drinking’ vs standard care for risky drinkers, in an outpatient setting in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.
- Conditions
- Alcohol use disorders
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2024/018
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
The male patients who are =/> 18 years presenting to the out-patient department of Teaching Hospital Peradeniya, who score >4 for AUDIT-C will be eligible to participate in the study.
If a patient has at least one of the following criteria, he will be For the Pilot study the follow up period will be 26 weeks. excluded from the study.
1. The patients who have ongoing serious physical or mental illness, making them incapable of following the directions given
2. The patients who are already on therapy/ intervention to reduce alcohol related harms.
3. The patients who choose to go for specialized psychiatry care due to the severity of their ARPs (Others in this category will be chosen since BI could be helpful in some such patients (WHO, 2017)
4. If the patient has been recruited in the current study on a previous occasion
5. Patients who are not able to communicate adequately in Sinhala.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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