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Alcohol screening and brief interventions for offenders in the probation setting (SIPS trial): a pragmatic multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial

Newbury-Birch, Dorothy, Coulton, Simon, Bland, Martin, Cassidy, Paul, Dale, Veronica, Deluca, Paolo, Gilvarry, Eilish, Godfrey, Christine, Heather, Nick, Kaner, Eileen, McGovern, Ruth, Myles, Judy, Oyefeso, Adenekan, Parrott, Steve, Patton, Robert, Perryman, Katherine, Phillips, Tom, Shepherd, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6466-2298 and Drummond, Colin 2014. Alcohol screening and brief interventions for offenders in the probation setting (SIPS trial): a pragmatic multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial. Alcohol and Alcoholism 49 (5) , pp. 540-548. 10.1093/alcalc/agu046

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Abstract

Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of different brief intervention strategies at reducing hazardous or harmful drinking in the probation setting. Offender managers were randomized to three interventions, each of which built on the previous one: feedback on screening outcome and a client information leaflet control group, 5 min of structured brief advice and 20 min of brief lifestyle counselling. Methods A pragmatic multicentre factorial cluster randomized controlled trial. The primary outcome was self-reported hazardous or harmful drinking status measured by Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) at 6 months (negative status was a score of <8). Secondary outcomes were AUDIT status at 12 months, experience of alcohol-related problems, health utility, service utilization, readiness to change and reduction in conviction rates. Results Follow-up rates were 68% at 6 months and 60% at 12 months. At both time points, there was no significant advantage of more intensive interventions compared with the control group in terms of AUDIT status. Those in the brief advice and brief lifestyle counselling intervention groups were statistically significantly less likely to reoffend (36 and 38%, respectively) than those in the client information leaflet group (50%) in the year following intervention. Conclusion Brief advice or brief lifestyle counselling provided no additional benefit in reducing hazardous or harmful drinking compared with feedback on screening outcome and a client information leaflet. The impact of more intensive brief intervention on reoffending warrants further research.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Dentistry
Crime and Security Research Institute (CSURI)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
ISSN: 1358-6173
Date of Acceptance: 26 June 2014
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2022 08:19
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/61981

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