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