title: Extended brief intervention to address alcohol misuse in people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities living in the community (EBI-ID): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is some evidence that people with intellectual disabilities who live in the community are exposed to the same risks of alcohol use as the rest of the population. Various interventions have been evaluated in the general population to tackle hazardous or harmful drinking and alcohol dependence, but the literature evaluating interventions is very limited regarding intellectual disabilities. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommends that brief and extended brief interventions be used to help young persons and adults who have screened as positive for hazardous and harmful drinking. The objective of this trial is to investigate the feasibility of adapting and delivering an extended brief intervention (EBI) to persons with mild/moderate intellectual disability who live in the community and whose level of drinking is harmful or hazardous.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study has three stages, which include the adaptation of the Extended Brief Intervention (EBI) for people with intellectual disability, a single blind, randomised controlled trial of an individual Extended Brief Intervention to test the feasibility of the intervention, and a qualitative study that will assess the perceived acceptability and usefulness of the intervention. Fifty participants in total will be recruited from community intellectual disability services and social care or third sector organisations. The main outcome is a reduction in alcohol consumption measured by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Alcohol misuse is a relatively under-researched mental health problem in people with intellectual disabilities. Therefore, the study addresses both diagnostic issues and the delivery of a simple first stage intervention, which is available to the population of average intelligence and young persons in particular. The findings from the study will guide the preparation of a large-scale study to test whether this treatment is clinically and cost-effective in this population.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  ISRCTN58783633 (19 December 2013).
authors: iHEAR, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, 1 Prince Regent Road, London, TW3 1NE, UK. drckouimtsidis@hotmail.com.
authors: Christos
authors: C
authors: Kouimtsidis
authors: Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Charles Bell House, 67-73 Riding House Street, W1W 7EJ, London, UK. Lucy.Fodor-Wynne@hpft.nhs.uk.
authors: Lucy
authors: L
authors: Fodor-Wynne
authors: Department of Clinical, Research Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, WC1E 6BT, London, UK. k.scior@ucl.ac.uk.
authors: Katrina
authors: K
authors: Scior
authors: Department of Primary Care and Population Health Research, University College London, Royal Free Hospital Rowland Hill Street, NW3 2PF, London, UK. r.hunter@ucl.ac.uk.
authors: Rachael
authors: R
authors: Hunter
authors: Department of Statistical Science, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. gianluca@stats.ucl.ac.uk.
authors: Gianluca
authors: G
authors: Baio
authors: Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Woodside Road, Abbots Langley, Watford, WD5 0HT, UK. vittoria.pezzoni@hpft.nhs.uk.
authors: Vittoria
authors: V
authors: Pezzoni
authors: Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Charles Bell House, 67-73 Riding House Street, W1W 7EJ, London, UK. a.hassiotis@ucl.ac.uk.
authors: Angela
authors: A
authors: Hassiotis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D003153:Community Health Services; D003376:Counseling; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D012107:Research Design; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult