Project U Connect - Optimizing Brief Alcohol Intervention for Underage Drinkers in the ER

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Alcohol Misuse

In brief

The Emergency Department (ED) setting is a unique point of access for reaching underage drinkers (age 14-20). With the aid of computer technology, this study will screen underage drinkers in the ED and fully test promising ED-based brief intervention and 3-month follow-up brief treatment approaches for alcohol misuse. Developing methods to efficiently and effectively optimize these approaches has powerful public health implications for improving outcomes for underage drinkers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01051141

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

870

Starts

2010-09-01

Expected to finish

2014-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-22

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion criteria for screening:
• (1) Patients age 14-20 years presenting to the UMMC ED for medical care
• (2) ability to provide informed consent.
• Additional inclusion criteria for intervention based on "alcohol misuse": Participants screening positive on the AUDIT for problematic alcohol use in the past 3 months will be eligible for the randomized control trial.

You may not qualify if…

• (1) patients who do not understand English
• (2) patients deemed unable to provide informed consent (e.g., mental incompetence, prisoners);
• (3) adolescents ages 14-17 presenting without a parent/guardian; and
• (4) patients treated in the ED for suicide attempts or sexual assault.

Where it is running

• University of Michigan Health System — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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