Prevalence of Chronic Inebriates to the Emergency Department and Suitability for Sobering House Services

Alcohol Intoxication Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prevalence of Chronic Inebriates to the Emergency Department and Suitability for Sobering House Services

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01783223
• Other study ID #: 12-3560
• Status: Completed
• Start date: November 2012
• Est. completion date: October 14, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: August 2022
• Source: Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is intended to evaluate the prevalence of chronically inebriated patients in the Emergeny Department (ED). Patients will be identified prospectively by screening all patients (24/7) presenting to the ED for one month. A running tally of all patients in the ED will be kept. Of these patients, any patient that is noted to have alcohol intoxication will be identified. The chart of that patient will be reviewed for details about the patient's alcohol use and for the patient's suitability for a sobering house, which is a place where intoxicated patients can go to await sobriety. The chart will also be reviewed for the number of previous visits for alcohol use to our hospital ever and in the last year.

Description:

For this cross-sectional study, all patients presenting to the ED of an urban, Level 1 trauma center for one month were prospectively screened by trained research associates. When an intoxicated patient was identified, study information including patient demographics, diagnoses, vital signs, blood alcohol concentration (BAC), GCS on arrival, ability to ambulate independently on arrival, use of physical or chemical restraint, previous ED visits, length of stay, and health insurance was collected. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 668
• Est. completion date: October 14, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 26, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients in the emergency department for alcohol intoxication

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 18
• Prisoners
• Pregnancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Intoxication
• Alcoholic Intoxication
• Emergencies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Hennepin County Medical Center	Minneapolis	Minnesota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Intoxicated Patients Eligible for a Sobering House	Determine the proportion of patients in the emergency department that are intoxicated and how many of those would be eligible to go to a sobering house. Eligibility for a sobering house is at the discretion of the treating physician and includes the ability to ambulate without assistance and no further acute need for medical treatments.	Eligibility for a sobering house is assessed during the current ED admission. The study ends when patient is discharged from the ED, an expected average time of 9 hours.