The Efficacy of Computerized Alcohol Screening and Intervention (CASI) in At-Risk Emergency Department and Trauma Patients

Alcohol Consumption Clinical Trial

— CASI  

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01680614
• Other study ID #: 2011-8155
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 4, 2012
• Last updated: October 24, 2017
• Start date: January 1, 2013
• Est. completion date: June 29, 2015

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: University of California, Irvine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research is to examine the effectiveness of computerized alcohol screening and brief intervention in the UC Irvine Medical Center Emergency Department (ED) and Trauma Patients. Brief interventions have a high potential impact in ED and Trauma populations. Computerized alcohol screening and brief intervention (CASI) is a fast and easy to use tool for patients and healthcare providers. CASI mitigates barriers to proper screening and intervention, including time, availability of trained personnel, patient comfort, and language barriers. CASI provides the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) followed by a brief intervention and customized alcohol intake recomendations for the patient.

The intervention of this study will be the addition of a brief CASI questionnaire to the standard of care for a random subset of subjects. All subjects who screen positive for hazardous alcohol use will be followed up and reassessed for alcohol use. The researchers hypothesize that the addition of CASI will lead to a decrease in alcohol intake within three months. The basis of this research is evidence of the effectiveness in the CASI system, the growing public health issue of alcohol abuse, the need to be able to provide effective screening and brief intervention in the high volume ED settings, and findings that the primary method to reduce traumatic death is prevention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2114
• Est. completion date: June 29, 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2015
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older

• Trauma and ED patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under the age of 18

• Intoxicated

• Psychiatric

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Consumption
• Alcohol Drinking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• CASI

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UC Irvine Medical Center	Orange	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Irvine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

External Links

•   Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention Research