Trial reportBMC psychiatry2015
Outpatient treatment of alcohol use disorders among subjects 60+ years: design of a randomized clinical trial conducted in three countries (Elderly Study).
Trial report in BMC psychiatry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02084173 (Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Community Reinforcement Approach For Treating Alcohol Problems in the Elderly), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Motivational Enhancement Therapy and Community Reinforcement Approach For Treating Alcohol Problems in the Elderly
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring the role of gender on treatment outcomes in older adults with alcohol use disorder.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Trial
- Relief craving severity moderates nonpharmacological treatment outcomes in treatment-seeking older adults with alcohol use disorder.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Trial
- Study protocol: the pragmatic, exploratory DELTA-JU trial of the group-based multimodal DELTA intervention for abstinent adolescents with substance use disorders living in youth welfare institutions.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Comparison of self-reported alcohol consumption and ethyl glucuronide in hair in a sample of 60+ year -olds treated for DSM-5 alcohol use disorder.Addiction biology · 2022Article
- Aging successfully, but still vulnerable: Late life experiences of older adults who have recovered from alcohol use disorder.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2022Article
- Canadian Guidelines on Alcohol Use Disorder Among Older Adults.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2020Article
- The Alcohol Dependence Scale and DSM-5 alcohol use disorder: Severity ratings correspond insufficiently in older patients.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2020Article
- What do elderly problem drinkers aim for? Choice of goal for treatment among elderly treatment-seeking alcohol-dependent patients.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2019Article
- Community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT) - design of a cluster randomized controlled trial comparing individual, group and self-help interventions.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Review
- Alcohol use and generational masculinity: An interdisciplinary approach.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2017Article
- How do family pressure, health and ambivalence factor into entering alcohol treatment? Experiences of people aged 60 and older with alcohol use disorder.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2017Article
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11 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe proportion of 60+ years with excessive alcohol intake varies in western countries between 6-16 % among men and 2-7 % among women. Specific events related to aging (e.g. loss of job, physical and mental capacity, or spouse) may contribute to onset or continuation of alcohol use disorders (AUD). We present the rationale and design of a multisite, multinational AUD treatment study for subjects aged 60+ years. METHODS/
design1,000 subjects seeking treatment for AUD according to DSM-5 in outpatient clinics in Denmark, Germany, and New Mexico (USA) are invited to participate in a RCT. Participants are randomly assigned to four sessions of Motivational Enhancement Treatment (MET) or to MET plus an add-on with eight sessions based on the Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA), which include a new module targeting specific problems of older adults. A series of assessment instruments is applied, including the Form-90, Alcohol Dependence Scale, Penn Alcohol Craving Scale, Brief Symptom Inventory and WHO Quality of Life. Enrolment will be completed by April 2016 and data collection by April 2017. The primary outcome is the proportion in each group who are abstinent or have a controlled use of alcohol six months after treatment initiation. Controlled use is defined as maximum blood alcohol content not exceeding 0.05 % during the last month. Total abstinence is a secondary outcome, together with quality of life andcompliance with treatment. DISCUSSION: The study will provide new knowledge about brief treatment of AUD for older subjects. As the treatment is manualized and applied in routine treatment facilities, barriers for implementation in the health care system are relatively low. Finally, as the study is being conducted in three different countries it will also provide significant insight into the possible interaction of service system differences and related patient characteristics in predictionof treatment outcome.
trial registrationClinical Trials.gov NCT02084173 , March 7, 2014.
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