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NCT Number: NCT01727882

Automated Telephone Follow-up in the Swedish Prison and Probation Services

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Affect Alcohol Consumption Alcohol Drinking Behavior Chemically-Induced Disorders Drinking Behavior Mental Disorders Substance Abuse Substance-Related Disorders

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

The Swedish Prison and Probation Services, Region South and Region East

Norrköping, Sweden

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Brief feedback

Behavioral

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.

Daily assessments

Behavioral

Daily assessment of stress, mental symptoms, alcohol and substance use during 30 consecutive days after parole.

Primary outcomes

  1. Mental symptoms, SCL-8D

    Time frame: During 30 days after probation

    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 outcomes

  1. Stress

    Time frame: During 30 days after probation

    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)

  2. Stress

    Time frame: During 30 days after probation

    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).

  3. Desire to use alcohol and drugs

    Time frame: During 30 days after probation

    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).

  4. Current use of alcohol and drugs

    Time frame: During 30 days after probation

    Current use was then assessed by simply asking whether the offender had drunk alcohol or used any drugs the previous day.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Region Skane

Other

Collaborators

  • Lund University
  • Malmö University

Registry information

Official study title

Automated Telephone Follow-up in the Swedish Prison and Probation Services. A Randomized Controlled Trail.

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
Nov 16, 2012
Registry last updated
Nov 16, 2012

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