Al-Anon Intensive Referral to facilitate concerned others' participation in Al-Anon Family Groups: a randomized controlled trial.

Aims: To test the effectiveness of an intervention, Al-Anon Intensive Referral (AIR), to facilitate participation in Al-Anon Family Groups (Al-Anon). Design, Setting and Participants: Multi-site, randomized controlled trial of AIR versus usual care (UC), with follow-up assessments at 3, 6 and 12 mon...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Addiction Vol. 117; no. 3; pp. 590 - 600
Autores principales: Timko, Christine, Grant, Kathleen M., Xiaotong Han, Young, Lance Brendan, Cucciare, Michael A.
Formato: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2022
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=155882834&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: ccm
    uiTerm: 155882834
    longDbName: CINAHL Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    dissinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        09652140
        AIO
      jtl: Addiction
      issn: 09652140
      maglogo: Y
    pubinfo:
      dt: Mar2022
      vid: 117
      iid: 3
      pid: 480
      pub: Wiley-Blackwell
      place: Malden, Massachusetts
    artinfo:
      ui:
        155882834
        152753334
        155882834
        155882834
        10.1111/add.15670
        155882834
      ppf: 590
      ppct: 10
      formats:
        fmt:
          @attributes:
            type: P
      tig:
        atl: Al-Anon Intensive Referral to facilitate concerned others' participation in Al-Anon Family Groups: a randomized controlled trial.
      aug:
        au:
          Timko, Christine
          Grant, Kathleen M.
          Xiaotong Han
          Young, Lance Brendan
          Cucciare, Michael A.
        affil: Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Center for Innovation to Implementation, Palo Alto, CA, USA
      sug:
        subj:
          Alcoholics Anonymous
          Referral and Consultation Methods
          Family
          Consumer Participation
          Outcomes (Health Care) Evaluation
          Human
          Randomized Controlled Trials
          Multicenter Studies
          Social Networks
          Patient Care
          Comparative Studies
          Residential Care
          Alcohol Abuse Therapy
          United States
          Female
          Male
          Spouses
          Parents
          Persons with Substance Use Disorders Education
          Interpersonal Relations
          Support, Psychosocial
          Descriptive Statistics
          Probability
          Confidence Intervals
          Female
          Male
      ab: Aims: To test the effectiveness of an intervention, Al-Anon Intensive Referral (AIR), to facilitate participation in Al-Anon Family Groups (Al-Anon). Design, Setting and Participants: Multi-site, randomized controlled trial of AIR versus usual care (UC), with follow-up assessments at 3, 6 and 12 months. The 12-month follow-up rate was 74%. Residential alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment programs in three US locations. Concerned others (COs) of patients in treatment for AUD. COs were mainly women (77%) who were patients' spouses (33%) or parents (25%). Intervention and Comparator: AIR (n = 128) consisted of four sessions over 3 months with an Al-Anon coach. UC (n = 151) was the treatment program's offer of educational sessions for COs. Measurements: Primary outcome: COs' self-reports of any Al-Anon attendance (yes or no) at 3 months. Secondary outcomes: number of Al-Anon meetings and the CO-patient relationship (stressors, resources). Potential predictors of outcomes examined in generalized linear mixed models were their baseline value, time, CO-patient relationship type (marital or non-marital), treatment program and condition. Findings: There was no effect of condition for the primary outcome (28% in AIR, 21% in UC; Bayes factor = 1.86). Relationship stressors at follow-ups were more severe for COs in a marital relationship with the patient than for COs in a non-marital relationship [ß = 2.19, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.07, 3.32]. For CO-patient relationship resources at follow-ups, the main effect for condition was significant (ß = 1.33, 95% CI = 0.04, 2.61). COs assigned to the AIR condition had more resources than COs who were in the UC condition. Conclusions: Relative to usual care, Al-Anon Intensive Referral was not associated with increases in participation of concerned others in Al-Anon, but was associated with more resources in the concerned other-patient relationship.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype:
        research
        tables/charts
        randomized controlled trial
        Journal Article
      ougenre: Article
    language: English
    refInfo:
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N