Alcohol brief intervention for hospitalized veterans with hazardous drinking: protocol for a 3-arm randomized controlled efficacy trial

Table 2 Study assessments by study arm and timepoint

		Arm 1 brief intervention (BI)				Arm 2 attention control (AC)				Arm 3 attention control, limited assessment (AC-LA)
		Timepoint				Timepoint				Timepoint
Variable	Instrument	ES	PC	B	FU	ES	PC	B	FU	ES	PC	B	FU
Cognitive status	Short Blessed Test	X				X				X
Alcohol screening status	AUDIT-C	X			X	X			X	X			X
Drinks per week and Binge episodes last 30 days	3 NIAAA questions	X			X	X			X	X			X
Alcohol dependence	Modified CIDI-SAM	X				X				X
Sociodemographic/ clinical data	Sociodemographic form		X		X		X		X		X		X
Readiness to change drinking behavior and adverse consequences of alcohol use	Single items from SOCRATES and SIP-2R										X
Readiness to change drinking behavior	SOCRATES			X	X			X	X				X
Adverse consequences of alcohol use	SIP-2R			X	X			X	X				X
Participant responsiveness (patient opinions about the intervention)	4-item investigator developed instrument			X

Note: AUDIT-C = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Consumption; NIAAA = National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; SOCRATES = Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale; SIP-2R = Short Inventory of Problems; Timepoints – ES = Eligibility Screening (10–25 minutes); PC = Post Consent (5 minutes); B = Baseline (10 minutes); FU = Follow-up at 6 months (30–45 minutes).

ISSN: 1940-0640