Brief alcohol intervention in emergency

ISRCTN	ISRCTN06650826
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN06650826
Protocol serial number	3200-067949
Sponsor	Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland)
Funder	Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland) (ref: 3200-067949)

Submission date: 29/05/2006
Registration date: 11/09/2006
Last edited: 21/09/2007

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Jean-Bernard Daeppen
Scientific

Mont-Paisible 16
Lausanne
1011
Switzerland

Email	jean-bernard.daeppen@chuv.ch

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	Brief alcohol intervention for hazardous drinkers admitted to the Emergency Department.
Ethics approval(s)	Ethics approval received from the Clinical Research Ethics Committe, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lausannedate on the 8th January 2003 (ref: 193/01).
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Hazardous drinkers
Intervention	A single session 15 minutes brief alcohol intervention including six steps: 1. Thank the patient for participation and provide reassurance about confidentiality 2. Provide feedback about patient's alcohol use compared to similar measures for men and women in the Swiss community and ask the patient's opinion of the feedback 3. Ask the patient to explore the pros and cons of his/her alcohol use 4. Use a one to ten scale to explore patient's importance and readiness to change his/her drinking pattern 5. Ask if the patient feels ready to set an objective and provide positive reinforcement about their ability to achieve this objective 6. Give each patient written material including their Alcohol Screen (AUDIT) score, drinking pattern percentiles compared to the Swiss community, and their drinking pattern objectives. There were two control groups: 1. Control group one completed the two minute lifestyle screener and a 30-minute face-to-face interview including assessment of alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences and a medical history. They were then contacted 12-month later for follow-up 2. Control group two completed the two minute lifestyle screener, signed a consent form and were contacted 12 month later for follow-up Usual care does not include any intervention regarding alcohol. Alcohol use is generally adressed with a single yes-no question about patients' alcohol use. Neither systematic nor case finding stategies of counseling or referral are conducted routinely.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	1. A 20% decrease in number of drinks per week 2. A 20% decrease in monthly binge drinking frequency 3. Number of medical consultations 4. Days hospitalised and days out of work
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Drinking quantity 2. Frequency 3. Hazardous drinking consequences 4. Health related quality of life
Completion date	30/06/2005

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	1000
Key inclusion criteria	Consecutive patients aged 18 and over admitted to the Emergency Department from 11 am to 11 pm daily from January 2003 to June 2004.
Key exclusion criteria	1. Patients under 18 2. A history of alcohol-related treatment over the last 12 months 3. Did not qualify for hazardous drinking over the last 30 days 4. Were clinically intoxicated 5. Medical condition that precluded a face-to-face interview
Date of first enrolment	01/01/2004
Date of final enrolment	30/06/2005

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Switzerland

Study participating centre

Mont-Paisible 16

Lausanne
1011
Switzerland

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	Results	01/08/2007		Yes	No