A critical review on the effectiveness of drinking-driving rehabilitation programmes

Mann, Robert E.; Leigh, Gillian; Vingilis, Evelyn; Genova, Katherine De

doi:10.1016/0001-4575(83)90029-5

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“…They concur with conceptual models hypothesizing that a longer duration of help may reduce the risk of impaired driving among individuals prone to drive while intoxicated (Mann et al, 1983;Wells-Parker and Williams, 2002).…”

Section: Treatment Aa and Dwisupporting

confidence: 70%

Driving While Intoxicated Among Individuals Initially Untreated for Alcohol Use Disorders: One- and Sixteen-Year Follow-Ups

Timko¹,

Desai²,

Blonigen³

et al. 2011

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: This study examined associations between frequency of driving while intoxicated (DWI) at baseline and obtaining alcohol-related help at follow-up, and between obtaining help and subsequent reductions in DWI. It also examined improvements on personal functioning and life context indices as mediators between obtaining help and reduced occurrences of DWI. Method: A total of 628 individuals who were initially untreated for alcohol use problems completed a baseline inventory; follow-ups were 1, 3, and 16 years later. Results: More extended participation in outpatient treatment and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) during Year 1 was associated with a lower likelihood of DWI at the 1-year follow-up. More extended participation in AA through Year 3 was associated with a lower likelihood of DWI at the 16-year follow-up. Improvement on personal functioning and life context indices was associated with reduced risk of subsequent occurrences of DWI. Decreases in drinking-related problems, impulsivity, and drinking to reduce tension mediated associations between more AA participation and reductions in DWI at 1 year. Conclusions: Among initially untreated individuals, sustained mutual help may be associated with a reduced number of occurrences of DWI via fewer drinking consequences and improved psychological functioning and coping. Treatment providers should attend to these concomitants of DWI and consider actively referring individuals to AA to ensure ongoing AA affi liation. The majority of studies of DWI have focused on community samples or samples of people arrested and convicted for DWI who were mandated to treatment. In contrast, we examined DWI in a sample of individuals who, at entry into the study, had initiated help seeking but were untreated for alcohol use problems; these individuals were followed for 16 years. Compared with non-help-seeking community samples, these help seekers likely have more severe alcohol-related dysfunction (George and Tucker, 1996;Tucker, 1995) but also more recognition of their alcohol misuse, motivation to change, and commitment to abstinence (Timko et al., 1994). However, compared with individuals reporting previous treatment for alcohol use disorders, these individuals likely have less severe alcohol-related dysfunction but also less motivation to change and commitment to abstinence (LoCastro et al., 2008). Thus, in the context of previous studies of DWI, we examined a sample that, by virtue of seeking help for the fi rst time, was unique in terms of severity of alcoholrelated disorder and motivation to change.To examine the behavior of DWI, this study used the conceptual framework developed by Moos and colleagues (Moos and Finney, 1983;Moos et al., 1990b) and adopted by other investigators (e.g., Buri et al., 2007) to examine the context of alcohol-related outcomes (Figure 1). The framework suggests that there is an association between (a) the individual's functioning and life context (e.g., severity of alcohol misuse, psychological symptoms, negative life events, social su...

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Section: Treatment Aa and Dwisupporting

confidence: 70%

Driving While Intoxicated Among Individuals Initially Untreated for Alcohol Use Disorders: One- and Sixteen-Year Follow-Ups

Timko¹,

Desai²,

Blonigen³

et al. 2011

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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“…Overall, the results are somewhat pessimistic. In two reviews the literature was summarised as 'equivocal' [18,19]. Wells-Parker et al [20] completed a meta-analysis of 215 programmes, of which 55% were educational interventions.…”

Section: Interventions To Reduce Road Accidentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of the efficacy and effectiveness of harm reduction strategies for alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs

Ritter

Cameron

2006

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Harm reduction is both a policy approach and used to describe a specific set of interventions. These interventions aim to reduce the harms associated with drug use. Employing a strict definition of harm reduction, evidence for the efficacy and effectiveness of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug harm reduction interventions were reviewed. Systematic searches of the published literature were undertaken. Studies were included if they provided evaluation data (pre-post, or control group comparisons). More than 650 articles were included in the review. The majority of the literature concerned illicit drugs. For alcohol, harm reduction interventions to reduce road trauma are well-founded in evidence. Otherwise, there is limited research to support the efficacy and effectiveness of other alcohol harm reduction interventions. For tobacco, the area is controversial but promising new products that reduce the harms associated with smoking are being developed. In the area of illicit drugs there is solid efficacy, effectiveness and economic data to support needle syringe programmes and outreach programmes. There is limited published evidence to date for other harm reduction interventions such as non-injecting routes of administration, brief interventions and emerging positive evidence for supervised injecting facilities. There is sufficient evidence to support the wide-spread adoption of harm reduction interventions and to use harm reduction as an overarching policy approach in relation to illicit drugs. The same cannot be concluded for alcohol or tobacco. Research at a broad policy level is required, especially in light of the failure by many policy makers to adopt cost-effective harm reduction interventions.

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“…The internal consistency of the scales are Cronbach's alpha = .71 for scale 1 and . 5 1 for scale 2.…”

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Evaluation of a Dutch Educational “Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)” Prevention Program for Driving Schools

1995

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A DWI prevention program for driving schools consisting of a videotape, slides, a textbook, and a manual was developed and evaluated. Effects of the program on knowledge, attitude, behavior intention, and self-reported DWI behavior were measured by means of a pretest, posttest, one-year follow-up evaluation design. Two-hundred and eight driving school students followed the program and participated in all three measurements. A control group of 228 pupils followed a traditional curriculum without the DWI program and also participated in all three measurements. Principal findings were that knowledge improved, attitudes and behavior intentions were already positive at pretest, DWI was equally reported by both groups, and there was a positive effect on riding with an intoxicated driver.

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A critical review on the effectiveness of drinking-driving rehabilitation programmes

Cited by 70 publications

References 33 publications

Driving While Intoxicated Among Individuals Initially Untreated for Alcohol Use Disorders: One- and Sixteen-Year Follow-Ups

Driving While Intoxicated Among Individuals Initially Untreated for Alcohol Use Disorders: One- and Sixteen-Year Follow-Ups

A review of the efficacy and effectiveness of harm reduction strategies for alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs

Evaluation of a Dutch Educational “Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)” Prevention Program for Driving Schools

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