Evaluation of Groups for Alcohol-misusing Short-term Prisoners

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Problem drinking and/or problem use of illicit drugs; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol

• Registration Number: ISRCTN68904585
• Lead Sponsor: Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (UK)

Brief Summary

2020 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32045077 results (added 12/02/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-01-21
• Study Completion: 2017-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 6 February 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 238

Inclusion Criteria

1. Men 18 years old or older
2. New receptions into one prison who are likely to remain there for more than four weeks but less than six months, regardless of pre-trial or conviction status (in previous research we have devised a system for correctly predicting the lower figure with 64% accuracy)
3. Experiencing withdrawal symptoms from alcohol and/or illicit drugs on/soon after arrival
4. Scoring 16+ on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) (Saunders JB, Aasland OG, Babor TF and De la Fuente JR. [1993]. Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification test [AUDIT]. WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption. Addiction 88 [6]: 791)
5. Scoring 15+ on the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) (Skinner HA. [1982]. The Drug Abuse Screening Test. Addictive Behaviours 7[4]:363-71)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Being under a sentence of more than 12 months in prison
2. Not meeting the criteria for problem drinking and/or drug use, as above
3. Not having sufficient English language fluency to participate in the groups (we do not have sufficient resources to be able to run the groups in languages other than English)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ocus of control as measured by the Locus of Control of Behaviour scale (Craig, A. R., Franklin, J. A., & Andrews, G. [1984]. A scale to measure locus of control of behaviour. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 57, 173-180). This measure will first be taken not more than 7 days before attending the groups and secondly not more than 7 days after completing them (about 4 weeks apart); the comparison men not doing the groups will complete the measure at about the same times as the men in the groups.