Enhanced Motivational Interviewing With Alcohol Positive Trauma Patients

Status unconfirmed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Dependence

In brief

The primary goal of this study is to test the efficacy of a brief intervention that includes the patient and a significant other, relative to an intervention including the patient only, for reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related problems among trauma patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00280488

Run by

Brown University

People needed

300

Starts

2005-05-01

Expected to finish

2011-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-06-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• admitted to trauma unit
• greater than 18 years old
• had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) greater than .01% according to a biochemical test OR self-reported drinking alcohol in the 6 hours prior to the event that caused their hospital visit OR scored 8 or higher on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
• identify at least one eligible significant other

You may not qualify if…

• not English-speaking
• had a self-inflicted injury
• in police custody
• did not pass a mental status exam

Where it is running

• Rhode Island Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
• Brown University — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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