Automated Telephone Follow-up in the Swedish Prison and Probation Services
This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Region Skane
Collaborators:
Lund University
Malmö University
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Claes Andersson, Region Skane
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01727882
First received: November 4, 2012
Last updated: November 12, 2012
Last verified: November 2012
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether automated telephony may be used for daily assessments of paroled offenders, and whether a brief intervention based on these daily assessments may result in a more positive development compared to daily assessments only.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Affect Alcohol Consumption Substance Abuse |
Behavioral: Brief feedback Behavioral: Daily assessments |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | Automated Telephone Follow-up in the Swedish Prison and Probation Services. A Randomized Controlled Trail. |
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Further study details as provided by Region Skane:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Mental symptoms, SCL-8D [ Time Frame: During 30 days after probation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Mental Symptoms, assessed with SCL-8D (Fink et al. A Nordic multicentre investigation. Part I: Method and prevalence of psychiatric morbidity. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 1995;92(6):409-418).
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Stress [ Time Frame: During 30 days after probation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Stress assessed with the Arnetz and hasson stress questionnaire(Andersson C et al. Measurement properties of the Arnetz and Hasson stress questionnaire in Swedish university freshmen. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2009;37(3):273-279)
- Stress [ Time Frame: During 30 days after probation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Daily Assessment of Daily Experience (Stone AA, Neale JM. Development of a methodology for assessing daily experiences. In: Baum A, Singer J, eds. Advances in Environmental Psychology: Environment and Health. Vol 4. New York: Erlbaum; 1982:49-83).
- Desire to use alcohol and drugs [ Time Frame: During 30 days after probation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Desire to use alcohol and drugs (Bohn MJ, Krahn DD, Staehler BA. Development and initial validation of a measure of drinking urges in abstinent alcoholics. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 1995;19(3):600-606).
- Current use of alcohol and drugs [ Time Frame: During 30 days after probation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Current use was then assessed by simply asking whether the offender had drunk alcohol or used any drugs the previous day.
| Enrollment: | 108 |
| Study Start Date: | December 2009 |
| Study Completion Date: | September 2010 |
| Primary Completion Date: | September 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Experimental: Daily Assessments & Brief Feedback
Daily assessments during 30 days after parole and a feedback intervention based on these daily assessments.
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Behavioral: Brief feedback
A brief feedback was given on the results of the daily assessments, including a recommendation to the paroled offender and a email report was sent to the probation officer.
Behavioral: Daily assessments
Daily assessment of stress, mental symptoms, alcohol and substance use during 30 consecutive days after parole.
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Active Comparator: Daily assessments
Daily assessments during 30 days after parole.
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Behavioral: Daily assessments
Daily assessment of stress, mental symptoms, alcohol and substance use during 30 consecutive days after parole.
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Detailed Description:
To study whether automated telephony could be used in paroled offenders to perform daily assessment of variables associated with recidivism in crime and to study the effects of a brief intervention based on these assessments during 30 days following probation.
Eligibility| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Convicted criminals subject to parole
- Access to a mobile telephone
- Assigned parole officer at parole
Exclusion Criteria:
- No knowledge of spoken Swedish
- Additional intervention such as intensive supervision with electronic monitoring, or in-patient care at a health and rehabilitation clinic
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01727882
Locations
| Sweden | |
| The Swedish Prison and Probation Services, Region South and Region East | |
| Norrköping, Sweden | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Region Skane
Lund University
Malmö University
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Claes Andersson, PhD | Lund university and Malmö university |
More Information
No publications provided
| Responsible Party: | Claes Andersson, PhD, Region Skane |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01727882 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 535629, 535629 |
| Study First Received: | November 4, 2012 |
| Last Updated: | November 12, 2012 |
| Health Authority: | Sweden: Regional Ethical Review Board |
Keywords provided by Region Skane:
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Paroled offenders Interactive Voice Response Stress |
Mental symptoms Alcohol consumption Substance use |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Alcohol Drinking Substance-Related Disorders Drinking Behavior Mental Disorders |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 17, 2013