Multidisciplinary Approach to Reduce Injury and Alcohol

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Drinking Behavior, Injury Recidivism

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a booster session is needed after a brief intervention upon initial admission to the emergency room (ER) in order to reduce the rate of alcohol-related injury recidivism.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00428181

Run by

University of Texas at Austin

People needed

605

Starts

2007-09-01

Expected to finish

2011-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-04-06

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients who are treated for an intentional or unintentional injury associated with motor vehicle collisions involving driver (i.e., passenger or pedestrian) will be eligible for inclusion in the study.
• Patients who are treated for an intentional or unintentional injury associated with violence-related injuries including gunshot wounds, stab wounds, or other injuries related to assaults and falls will be eligible for inclusion in the study.
• Patients must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Study clinicians actively monitor these patients on a daily basis and the patient's ability to participate is determined through the use of hospital medical records, daily contact with the emergency department nursing staff and hospital personnel as well as direct contact with the patient.
• Currently, patients who are intoxicated at the time of admission to the emergency room are maintained in an observation area or admitted for twenty-three hour observation in order to rule out severe injury. They will be monitored by study personnel on an hourly basis and approached to participate in the study after evidence of acute intoxication has subsided.
• Admitted patients who are intoxicated will be approached during their hospital stay after they are medically stable.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with other penetrating trauma not related to motor vehicle collisions, violence or falls, such as poisoning, bites, contusions, concussions, strains and sprains are excluded.
• Patients with traumatic brain injury, or a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of less than 15, are also excluded.

Where it is running

• Brackenridge University Medical Center — Austin, Texas, United States
• Methodist Health System — Dallas, Texas, United States
• Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas — Dallas, Texas, United States

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