Status:
COMPLETED
Impact of a Brief Motivational Interview on Drinking Behaviors of At Risk Drinkers Screened in the Emergency Room
Lead Sponsor:
UConn Health
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Conditions:
Alcohol Abuse
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Alcohol abuse is associated with injury, chronic illness, absenteeism from work, and social costs to families and communities. The goal of this project is to translate motivational interventions succe...
Detailed Description
To evaluate the effectiveness of SBIRT in the emergency room setting, ED patients meeting NIAAA criteria for high risk drinking were recruited from 14 sites nationwide (control group-Spring, 2004; int...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 18+
- Communication in English or Spanish
- Met NIAAA criteria for "at-risk drinking":
- for Men: 15 or more drinks/week, or 5 or more drinks on a single occasion
- for Women: 8 or more drinks/week, or 4 or more drinks on a single occasion
- Age 65 or over: 8 or more drinks/week or more than 1 drink per day
Exclusion
- Requests detox or already in alcohol treatment program
- Abnormal mental status
- Too ill to give consent
- Unable to provide consent for other reasons
- Suicidal
- Employee or student of site institution (where required)
- Prisoner
- Inability to follow up
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
1137 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00183183
Start Date
April 1 2004
End Date
December 1 2005
Last Update
May 24 2010
Active Locations (15)
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1
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science/Matrin Luther King Hospital
Los Angeles, California, United States
2
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine / Los Angeles County+University of Southern California Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, United States
3
University of California San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest
San Diego, California, United States, 92103
4
University of Denver/Denver Health Medical Center
Denver, Colorado, United States