Study of an Emergency Department-based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Misuse in Older Adults

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Alcohol Abuse

In brief

This is a randomized trial to assess the value of an emergency department-based intervention to reduce hazardous alcohol use among older adults. We hypothesize that the intervention will result in a 25% reduction in the prevalence of hazardous alcohol use while the control group will only have a 5% reduction.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02236494

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

222

Starts

2014-10-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-10

Last updated by the study team

2017-07-12

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 65 and older
• Receiving care in the emergency department
• Hazardous alcohol use, defined as reporting drinking more than 7 drinks per week on an average week during the three months prior to the visit, and whether they have consumed more than three drinks on any given occasion.

You may not qualify if…

• Prisoner
• psychosis or psychiatric hold
• nursing home
• life-threatening condition
• current hospice care

Where it is running

• UNC Hospitals Emergency Department — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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