Identification and Treatment of Alcohol Problems in Primary Care (iTAPP)

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: General Practice; Alcohol Abuse Alcoholism; Screening and Brief Intervention

Treatments: Behavioral: The 15-Method

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05916027

iTAPP project

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Identification and Treatment of Alcohol Problems in Primary Care (iTAPP) Study is a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled intervention trial evaluating the effectiveness of the 15-Method as an identification and treatment tool for alcohol-related problems in Danish general practice. The 15-Method combines evidence-based approaches from specialized addiction treatment with screening and readily available treatment options in general practice to help identify and treat alcohol problems in a primary care setting. The method has shown promising results as a treatment tool in Sweden. A feasibility study of the 15-Method in Denmark suggested that the method can be implemented in Danish general practice.

The trial is led by the Unit for Clinical Alcohol Research at The University of Southern Denmark in collaboration with The Research Unit of General Practice Odense at The University of Southern Denmark.

Enrollment: 19 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• Affiliated with the participating general practices

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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19 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Each participating clinic serves as its own control and as control for active clinics, in the stepped-wedge design. All clinics are inactive (no intervention) during the baseline period of three months.

Active

Active Comparator group

Description:

Active clinics are trained in the intervention object (the 15-method) prior to switching to the active group. Clinics are enrolled as active clinics (intervention) in four steps (4-5 clinics in each step). The intervention is implemented into the clinic, and the staff are free to use the intervention in everyday work.

Treatment:

Behavioral: The 15-Method