Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Eileen Kaner
ORCID ID
Contact details
The Department of Primary Health Care
Centre for Health Service Research
21 Claremont Place
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)191 222 7884
e.f.s.kaner@newcastle.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
G106/840 Kaner
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To evaluate the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of strategies promoting screening at brief alcohol intervention by nurses in primary care. The hypothesis was that more intensive implementation interventions would be more effective but also more costly.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Screening
Patient information sheet
Condition
Mental and behavioural disorders: Addiction
Intervention
Control practices - written guidance on screening and brief alcohol intervention
Trained practices - in addition to written guidance, outreach training provided
Trained and supported practices - in addition to training and guidance, two weekly support calls
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Nurse activity in terms of number of patients screened using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and number of 'risk positive' drinkers receiving brief intervention.
Secondary outcome measures
Accuracy of intervention delivery.
Overall trial start date
10/01/1997
Overall trial end date
10/01/2000
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
General practices with attached nurse
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
212
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
10/01/1997
Recruitment end date
10/01/2000
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
The Department of Primary Health Care
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive Northern and Yorkshire (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14630384
Publication citations
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Results
Kaner E, Lock C, Heather N, McNamee P, Bond S, Promoting brief alcohol intervention by nurses in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial., Patient Educ Couns, 2003, 51, 3, 277-284.