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Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 135-140, 2004
Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 39, No. 2 © Medical Council on Alcohol 2004; all rights reserved.

TWO-YEAR OUTCOME OF COPING SKILLS TRAINING, GROUP SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FOR SPOUSES OF ALCOHOLICS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Helena Hansson*, Ulla Zetterlind, Kirsten Åberg-Örbeck and Mats Berglund

Department of Clinical Alcohol Research, Lund University, University Hospital MAS, S-20502 Malmö, Sweden

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Clinical Alcohol Research, University Hospital MAS, S-20502 Malmö, Sweden. Tel.: +46 40 33 29 78; Fax: +46 40 33 62 03. E-mail: Helena.hansson{at}alk.mas.lu.se

(Received 9 September 2003; first review notified 22 October 2003; in revised form 11 November 2003; accepted 30 November 2003)

Aim: To evaluate three different intervention programmes for spouses of alcoholics.

Methods: 39 spouses of alcoholics (36 women and 3 men) with an average age of 47 years (ranging from 23 to 60 years) were randomly assigned to one of the three interventions: Coping Skills Training, Group Support, and Information. Follow-up interviews were conducted 12 and 24 months after completing the programme. Coping Behaviour Scale, Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90), Hardship Scale and AUDIT at admission and at follow-up were compared. 38 of the 39 spouses completed the 24-month follow-up examination.

Results: Improvements of coping behaviour, psychiatric symptoms and hardship noted at the 12-month follow-up examination were still evident in all groups at the 24-month follow-up examination. The three groups scored similarly at 24 months on the four scales.

Conclusions: A post hoc examination of subjects with SCL-90 scores above general population means, showed less improvement in the Information group than the two therapy groups combined (P < 0.05).


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