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Engaging General Practice in the Prevention of Patients With Alcohol Problems

21 september 2009 bijgewerkt door: Radboud University Medical Center

The aim of the study is to test whether or not a tailored multi-component intervention program to increase the activity of general practice teams in the prevention of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption results in increase advice giving rate to patient with hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption and a better patient outcome in terms of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption.

The primary objectives of the proposed study are:

  1. to test the (cost) effectiveness of a tailored multi-component implementation program to engage general practices (i.e. GPs, nurse practitioners or practice nurses/assistants) in the prevention of hazardous or harmful alcohol consumption, changing both providers' advice giving behaviour and patients' alcohol consumption
  2. to identify predictors of effect
  3. to examine whether or not the implementation of a tailored multi-component implementation program to engage general practice in the prevention of hazardous or harmful alcohol consumption is feasible.

Studie Overzicht

Gedetailleerde beschrijving

Hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption is likely to cause damage to health, either physical or mental. The prevention of harmful alcohol consumption results in a reduction of alcohol related diseases, of emergency and hospital use, and of societal related problems, and it results in direct health care savings as well as in non-health care savings. General practice is an important setting to intervene with patients whose drinking is hazardous or harmful to their health. Despite the evidence for the efficacy and cost effectiveness of case finding and brief interventions in general practice, such interventions are rarely integrated into routine practice. Based on the literature it is recommended to develop a tailored multi-component implementation program to engage general practice in the prevention of patients with alcohol consumption.

In our trial such a tailored multi-component intervention program is offered to the general practice team (GPT). The participants in our trial are the GPT, not the patients. The GPTs practising in Mid-West and Mid-South are invited to participate in the trial by an invitational letter, including an information leaflet. Participation is not obligatory, but based on own interest of the GPT. Next, GPTs who are willing to participate in the trial are random allocated to the intervention or control condition. Besides the effect outcome measures described in the 'Outcome measure" part there are process and costs measures described.

Besides measurements at the GPT-level, we also conduct measurements at the patient level. All patients of 18 years or older visiting the GPT during a pre-defined 3-month period are asked to fill in the Alcohol Use Disorders identification Test (AUDIT). This measurement takes place before the intervention starts. Only those patients at risk are asked to fill in the AUDIT after the intervention ended. As described in the 'Outcome part', the AUDIT is used to describe the effects of the intervention program at the patient level. Patients receive individual feedback with personal advice depending on their AUDIT score. Patients are not informed about whether the GPT is allocated to the intervention program or control condition (usual care) (single blind).

Comparison: GPTs participated in the multi-component intervention program (see Interventions; intervention group) are compared to GPTs who didn't participate in the multi-component intervention program (control group). The GPTs in the control group receive the NHG guideline and NHG patient information letters, which can be seen as usual care. In addition the receive feedback about the number of patients at risk because of their alcohol consumption, which can be seen as a minimal intervention.

Studietype

Ingrijpend

Inschrijving (Werkelijk)

77

Fase

  • Niet toepasbaar

Deelname Criteria

Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.

Geschiktheidscriteria

Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie

  • Kind
  • Volwassen
  • Oudere volwassene

Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers

Nee

Geslachten die in aanmerking komen voor studie

Allemaal

Beschrijving

Inclusion Criteria:

  • GP
  • all GPs in a GPT have to participate or
  • patients should be listed per GP

There are no exclusion criteria.

Studie plan

Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.

Hoe is de studie opgezet?

Ontwerpdetails

  • Toewijzing: Gerandomiseerd
  • Interventioneel model: Faculteitstoewijzing
  • Masker: Geen (open label)

Wapens en interventies

Deelnemersgroep / Arm
Interventie / Behandeling
Geen tussenkomst: controle
GPTs receive this feedback about their patient population; obtained through premeasurement results
Patients receive advise based on their premeasurement answers
Actieve vergelijker: training
tailored multi-component implementation program
GPTs receive this feedback about their patient population; obtained through premeasurement results
for GP(T)s
in the practices of the GPTs
Like poster for the waiting room, self-help booklets, folders
Patients receive advise based on their premeasurement answers

Wat meet het onderzoek?

Primaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
- Proportion of patients who, with an initial AUDIT score of 16 or more, have an AUDIT score at follow-up (= 18 months) of 15 or less.
- Proportion of patients who, with an initial AUDIT score of 16 or more, have been given advice by the general practitioner or by other staff (e.g. nurse practitioner, practice nurse).

Secundaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
- Average AUDIT score at follow-up (= 18 months).
- Average alcohol consumption as measured by the AUDIT at follow-up (= 18 months).
- Proportion of patients with hazardous or harmful alcohol consumption as measured by the AUDIT at follow-up (= 18 months).
- Proportion of patients with harms from alcohol as measured by the AUDIT at follow-up (= 18 months).
- Proportion of patients with alcohol dependence as measured by the AUDIT at follow-up (= 18 months).
- Average SAAPPQ score.
- Change in SAAPPQ score.

Medewerkers en onderzoekers

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Onderzoekers

  • Hoofdonderzoeker: M. Laurant, PhD, Centre for Quality for Care Research Nijmegen

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Studie record data

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Bestudeer belangrijke data

Studie start

1 juli 2005

Primaire voltooiing (Werkelijk)

1 mei 2008

Studie voltooiing (Werkelijk)

1 april 2009

Studieregistratiedata

Eerst ingediend

21 februari 2006

Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria

21 februari 2006

Eerst geplaatst (Schatting)

1 maart 2006

Updates van studierecords

Laatste update geplaatst (Schatting)

22 september 2009

Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria

21 september 2009

Laatst geverifieerd

1 augustus 2009

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