Brief Interventions in the Emergency Department for Alcohol and HIV/Sexual Risk

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Alcohol Consumption, Unsafe Sex

In brief

This brief alcohol and sexual risk taking intervention has the potential to influence the public health by reducing alcohol use and sexual risk taking behavior in individuals who are seeking treatment in an Emergency Department.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01351389
Run by: Brown University
People needed: 400
Starts: 2011-05-01
Expected to finish: 2014-08-01
Last updated by the study team: 2025-06-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Male and female patients older than 18 who receive medical care in the ED *score positive (> 8 for males; > 6 for females) for harmful alcohol use on the AUDIT screening questionnaire and report past 3-month binge drinking
be sexually active (past 6 months)
endorse any past-year sex-risk behavior criterion, including:
having more than one sexual partner
having sexual intercourse without a condom
consuming alcohol prior to or during sex
sing illicit drugs (or using licit drugs to get high) prior to or during sex.

You may not qualify if…

Patients under the age of 18; Patients in a mutually monogamous relationship for longer than 1 year will be excluded unless either the patient or his/her partner are HIV+ or has unknown HIV status. Other exclusion criteria include:
scoring below 18 on a mini-mental status exam
no verifiable address
plans to move outside a 45-mile radius within the follow-up period.

Where it is running

Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island — Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States
Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Kent Hospital — Warwick, Rhode Island, United States

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