Status:

COMPLETED

Project Health Link: Connecting Patients With Services

Lead Sponsor:

University of Michigan

Conditions:

Alcohol Abuse

Eligibility:

All Genders

19-60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study will compare three alternative interventions in the emergency department (ED) to promote substance abuse assessment, referral, and treatment entry: 1) a 5 session strengths-based case manag...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • (1) adults age 19 - 60 presenting to the Emergency Department at Hurley Medical Center within 24 hours of an injury; (2) ability to provide informed consent.
  • For intervention portion of the project: (1) meets DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence in the following year. (Patients who meet abuse/dependence criteria for alcohol may also be using other drugs. They will be included in the study only if they do not meet criteria for past year drug abuse/dependence).

Exclusion

  • (1) adult patients who do not understand English; (2) prisoners; (3) pregnant women; (4) institutionalized patients (e.g. nursing home residents); (5) adults classified by medical staff as "Level 1 trauma"; (6) adults deemed unable to provide informed consent (e.g. intoxication, mental incompetence, under guardianship); (7) patients treated in the ED for suicide attempts and sexual assault; (8) patients meeting past year drug abuse/dependence criteria; and (9) patients who have been in treatment for alcohol or other drug abuse/dependence in the previous year.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

686 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00234221

Start Date

November 1 2005

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

April 13 2016

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Hurley Medical Center

Flint, Michigan, United States, 48503