Remote Brief Intervention and Referrals to Treatment Service for Alcohol
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Dependence
In brief
The traditional paradigm that relies upon training physicians and nurses or uses on-site interventionists to perform screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for alcohol has proven unsustainable in most clinical settings. The Remote Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (R-BIRT) for alcohol is an innovative telehealth service model with potential to improve public health through evidence based counseling for patients who exceed the NIAAA low risk drinking limits or have evidence of an Alcohol Use Disorder with professional and self-help treatment. For those that are appropriate, the R-BIRT service will provide facilitated referrals to specialized alcohol abuse treatment. The service model is being studied in the emergency department (ED) setting to demonstrate its utility in a medical setting with a very high prevalence of risky alcohol use and Alcohol Use Disorders; however, the model is relevant and will be accessible to a broad array of healthcare settings, including primary care practices. Our new model, the R-BIRT, challenges the prevailing paradigm and offers the promise of not only clinical efficacy but increased cost effectiveness as well.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02622984
- Run by
- Polaris Health Directions
- People needed
- 330
- Starts
- 2017-03-22
- Expected to finish
- 2020-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-03-10
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 18 years old or older.
- Presenting for care to the UMass Emergency Department.
- Screens positive for alcohol use above the NIAAA age and gender matched low risk drinking limits.
- AUDIT-10 score greater than 8 suggesting risk for an Alcohol Use Disorder.
You may not qualify if…
- Altered mental status (not alert, not oriented, psychotic, persistent intoxication).
- Patients who present as initially intoxicated but who are no longer intoxicated later in the visit can be approached.
- Currently in alcohol treatment.
- DAST-10 score greater than 3.
- Currently in state custody or pending legal action that might lead to imprisonment.
- Cannot paraphrase the study requirements.
- No reliable telephone access.
- Does not speak English.
- Already enrolled into the trial.
Where it is running
- University of Massachusetts Medical School — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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