Testing Alcohol Interventions Among Job-seekers (TOPAS)

University Medicine Greifswald

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Hazardous Drinking

Treatments: Behavioral: Non-stage-tailored Intervention; Behavioral: Stage-tailored intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01311245

FR2661/1-1 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

DM5-IESO03

FR2661/1-2 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

DM5-IESO05 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the randomized controlled trial was to test two behavioral interventions among job-seekers with risky drinking. The interventions differed in their theoretical background: Intervention A was tailored to the stage of change, and Intervention B was non-stage-tailored. Over 12 months, job-seekers were pro-actively screened for risky drinking at three job-agencies. Job-seekers with risky drinking were asked to participate in the study. All three groups were assessed at baseline, and 3, 6 and 15 months later. The baseline assessment was self-administered using handheld computers. The follow-up assessments by interviews on the phone, primarily. Both intervention groups received individualized computer generated feedback letters at baseline and 3 months later.

Enrollment: 1,243 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Job-seekers with risky drinking (AUDIT-C ≥ 4/5 [women/men] and AUDIT < 20)

Exclusion criteria

• Job-seekers already asked to participate during an earlier visit at the job agency
• Job-seekers not intending to talk to a job-agent/ without waiting time
• Job-seekers physically or mentally not capable of participating in the study
• Job-seekers with insufficient language/ reading skills
• Job-seekers with more severe alcohol problems (AUDIT ≥ 20)
• Job-seekers employed at the department conducting the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,243 participants in 3 patient groups

Stage-tailored

Experimental group

Description:

At baseline and three months later

Treatment:

Behavioral: Stage-tailored intervention

Non-stage-tailored

Experimental group

Description:

At baseline and three months later

Treatment:

Behavioral: Non-stage-tailored Intervention

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Assessment only