Web-Based Training for EAP Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Refer

NCT ID: NCT02489032

Last Updated: 2017-01-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 330 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-06-22
• Study Completion Date: 2016-11-13

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.

Conditions

Alcohol Consumption; Alcohol Abuse

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

SBIRT Training & Support Tool

The SBIRT Training \& Support Tool has two components, both of which will be evaluated: (1) online SBIRT Training for EAP and behavioral health practitioners conducting alcohol SBIRT with their adult clients and (2) mobile/web interactive alcohol screening tools and brief intervention protocols to facilitate use of SBIRT by practitioners.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

SBIRT Training & Support Tool

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Program to train EAP/behavioral health practitioners in conducting alcohol SBIRT

Waitlist control

Subjects randomized to the control condition will be placed on a wait-list and given access to the SBIRT Training \& Support Tool after 3 months and completion of the 3-month follow-up assessment.

Group Type: OTHER

Waitlist Control

Intervention Type: OTHER

3-month wait-list and then provided access to the SBIRT training program

Interventions

SBIRT Training & Support Tool

Program to train EAP/behavioral health practitioners in conducting alcohol SBIRT

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Waitlist Control

3-month wait-list and then provided access to the SBIRT training program

Intervention Type: OTHER

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Amelia J Birney, MPH, MCHES

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Oregon Center for Applied Science

Other Identifiers

2R44AA021053

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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BIG Al 2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id