Enhancing Emergency Practitioner (EP)-Performed Alcohol Interventions in the Emergency Department (ED)
Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3
Conditions studied: Harmful Drinking
In brief
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an enhanced emergency practitioner (EP) performed brief intervention (BI), namely, the Enhanced Brief Negotiation Interview (E-BNI). This includes a basic BNI performed in the ED with referral to a primary care provider, followed by a telephone booster intervention performed by trained nurses 1-month post ED visit. The E-BNI will be compared to the basic BNI (without booster), and standard care with assessments (SC-A) and without (SC-NA). In a randomized, controlled clinical trial 900 hazardous and harmful (HH) drinkers will be randomly assigned to one of the 4 conditions. We, the researchers at Yale University, will conduct cost benefit analysis of the interventions. Follow-up assessments, at 6 and 12-months, will be obtained via interactive voice response (IVR).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00261859
- Run by
- Yale University
- People needed
- 900
- Starts
- 2005-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-03-06
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients, 18 years or older, who present to the adult ED at Yale-New Haven Hospital will be screened for exceeding the NIAAA criteria for low-risk drinking
- Patients may be hazardous "at-risk" drinkers who screen over the limits, but do not currently exhibit medical, social or legal problems as a result of their drinking, or they may be harmful drinkers, presenting with an alcohol associated injury or illness.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients will be excluded for the following reasons:
- Non-English speaking;
- Alcohol dependence;
- Current enrollment in a substance abuse treatment program;
- Current ED visit for acute psychiatric complaint;
- Condition that precludes interview i.e., life threatening injury/illness;
- In police custody; or
- Inability to provide two contact numbers for follow-up.
Where it is running
- Yale New Haven Hospital (Adult Emergency Department) — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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