Healthcare Provider Attitudes Towards Patients With Substance Use Before and After Implementation of the SBIRT Model in the Emergency Room

Healthcare Provider Attitudes Clinical Trial

Official title:

Healthcare Provider Attitudes Towards Patients With Substance Use Before and After Implementation of the SBIRT Model in the Emergency Room

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01661478
• Other study ID #: X110721008
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 7, 2012
• Last updated: January 13, 2017
• Start date: September 2011

Study information

• Verified date: January 2017
• Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this quality improvement research project is to briefly survey attitudes among healthcare providers toward patients with substance use disorders before and after substance abuse counselors are placed in the Emergency Room.

Description:

The purpose of this quality improvement research project is to briefly survey attitudes among healthcare providers toward patients with substance use disorders before and after substance abuse counselors are placed in the Emergency Room. SBIRT stands for Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment. The pre-test survey contains 10 questions about attitudes toward patients with substance use disorders and the post-test survey consists of 13 questions about attitudes toward patients with substance use disorders and questions regarding the SBIRT model itself. Health care providers will be surveyed before the SBIRT Counselors begin and again at 6 months, after full SBIRT program with substance counselors on site has been in place, as a part of their regular staff education requirements. Part of the goal of the SBIRT counselors is to educate providers about treatment and analyze data collected by and comments of Emergency Room staff.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 19 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• UAB Emergency Department Staff (attending, resident, nurse, social worker, case manager, patient care technician) or Psychiatry Emergency Services staff (nurses, social workers and residents)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not employed in UAB Emergency Department

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Healthcare Provider Attitudes
• Patients With Substance Abuse
• Substance-Related Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• Training on motivational interviewing

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	Alabama
United States	University of Alabama Birmingham	Birmingham	Alabama

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States,