Clinical trial NCT02489032: Web-Based Training for EAP Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Refer
Official title: Web-Based Training for EAP Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Refer
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Alcohol Consumption
Alcohol Abuse
Lead sponsor: Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
First posted: 2015-07-02
Enrollment: 330
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The goal of the proposed research is to complete the development of a web-based program to train Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and EAP-affiliated managed behavioral health organization (MBHO) practitioners to conduct screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for problem alcohol use among working adults.

Detailed description: In Phase 2, the investigators propose to develop the SBIRT Training \& Support Tool with two components: (1) online SBIRT Training for call-center and face-to-face practitioners conducting alcohol SBIRT and (2) SBIRT Support Tool with mobile/web interactive alcohol screening tools and brief intervention protocols to facilitate use of SBIRT by practitioners. The SBIRT Training component will provide practitioners with the skills, knowledge, motivation, and self-efficacy to: (a) screen their clients for unhealthy alcohol use with validated screening tools; (b) provide brief, motivational interviewing-informed intervention; and (c) make appropriate referrals. The training program will incorporate the Phase 1 content and expand the curriculum to include the use of additional validated alcohol screening tools. Content for alcohol SBIRT will be derived from NIAAA evidence-based materials.

The SBIRT Support Tool will provide a mobile/web interface for practitioners to use interactive screening and brief intervention forms with (a) prompts for validated questions in the screening or brief intervention; (b) motivational interviewing-informed dialogue suggestions; (c) online resources (i.e., standard drink list; importance, confidence rulers); and (d) alcohol education and referral information. The practitioner will use the SBIRT Support Tool to (a) screen clients for alcohol use with interactive validated screening tools; (b) provide brief intervention for individuals based on their screening score; and (c) provide referral to treatment for individuals based on their screening score.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* EAP/BH practitioners will be employed at an EAP or behavioral health organization
* have an e-mail account
* access to high-speed Internet connection
* speak and read English

Exclusion Criteria:

* younger than 18
* not an EAP practitioner
* no access to e-mail
* no access to the Internet
* do not speak and read English

Primary outcomes:
measure: SBIRT implementation
timeFrame: 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Perceived Competence
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Knowledge
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Attitudes
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Oregon Center for Applied Science
name: Amelia J Birney, MPH, MCHES
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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