A randomised controlled trial of a Group psychological intervention to increase locus of control for alcohol consumption among Alcohol‐misusing Short‐term (male) Prisoners (GASP)

Gweld/ agor
Awdur
Taylor, Pamela
Robling, Michael
Playle, Rebecca
Bezeczky, Zoe
John-Evans, Hannah
Dimitropoulou, Polyxeni
McNamara, Rachel
Moriarty, Yvonne
Summers, Zelda
Bagshaw, Ruth
Dyddiad
2020-02-11Dyddiad derbyn
2020-02-03
Math
Article
Cyhoeddwr
Wiley
ISSN
0965-2140
1360-0443
Metadata
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Background and aim
Reducing alcohol misuse by male prisoners is an important global issue. Control of drinking behaviour could be a useful target for intervention in this population and locus of control could be a causal factor in this. We aimed to assess the effect of a clinical psychologist‐facilitated group intervention on male prisoners’ locus of control of drinking behaviour.
Design
A two‐arm, single‐site, open, randomised controlled trial.
Setting
A category B, local training prison in South Wales, housing nearly 800 mostly sentenced men.
Participants
Prisoners serving under two years who met inclusion criteria for pre‐imprisonment alcohol misuse, alone or with drug misuse. A total of 119 were allocated to the intervention arm and 119 to the control arm; 104 and 87 respectively completed the post‐randomisation baseline interview and 68 and 60 completed a second interview about 4 weeks later, respectively after intervention or treatment as usual (TAU) alone.
Intervention
Nine clinical psychologist‐facilitated groups in the prison over three weeks. Range of participants per session was 1‐7, with 3‐5 most usual.
Measures
The primary outcome was Locus of Control of Behaviour (LCB); secondary outcomes included mental state generally (Comprehensive Psychiatric Rating Scale/CPRS) and specifically (Beck Depression Inventory/BDI). An integral process evaluation was conducted.
Findings
LCB scores decreased during the study, but without significant intervention effect (‐1.7 (95% CI ‐5.2 to 1.8), p=0.334). Change among completers in the control group was from a mean score of 37.4 (standard deviation [SD] 10.0) to 33.7 (SD 11.7) and in the intervention group from 37.4 (11.6) to 31.9 (11.8). Secondary outcomes, including change in mental state, did not differ between arms, but 686 (64%) sessions were lost, most because of ‘prison issues’.
Conclusions
A clinical psychologist‐facilitated group intervention did not have a statistically significant effect on sense of control of drinking behaviour among men with pre‐imprisonment alcohol misuse serving under two years in a South Wales prison. The study proved coterminous, however, with 40% prison staff cuts which seem likely to have contributed to the high loss of group sessions and possibly overwhelmed any treatment effect. Intervention completion failures, previously cited as harmful, had no effect here, so the trial should be repeated when prison climate improves.
Cyfnodolyn/trafodion cynhadledd
Addiction;
Dyfyniad
Taylor, P.J., Robling, M., Playle, R., Bezeczky, Z., John‐Evans, H., Dimitropoulou, P., McNamara, R., Moriarty, Y., Summers, Z. and Bagshaw, R. (2020) 'A randomised controlled trial of a Group psychological intervention to increase locus of control for alcohol consumption among Alcohol‐misusing Short‐term (male) Prisoners (GASP)', Addiction', https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15006
Dynodwr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15006Disgrifiad
Article published in Addiction available at https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15006
Nawdd
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
This study was funded by the National Institute of Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR) Wales and the Welsh Assembly Government Trial reference: ISRCTN68904585
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