Testing Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Among Outpatients in a Dental Setting

Mouth Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title:

Assess and Improve Patient's Self-reported Alcohol Consumption While Attending the Oral Medicine Clinic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02374905
• Other study ID #: KCH 14-158
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2014
• Est. completion date: August 2018

Study information

• Verified date: September 2019
• Source: King's College Hospital NHS Trust
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators wish to investigate the feasibility of using a web based drinking app (www.drinksmeter.com) to reduce alcohol consumption among patients attending an outpatient clinic in a dental setting.

Description:

Any intervention on alcohol use is relevant to patients attending an oral medicine clinic, as alcohol can contribute to/or worsen mouth disorders. For example, research confirms that white and red patches of the lining of the mouth in regular tobacco and alcohol users can change to mouth cancer. Many people do not know that drinking alcohol would increase their mouth cancer risk.

Any new or follow-up patients attending our clinic and reporting drinking over the recommended guidelines (as given by European Code Against Cancer) will be eligible to participate. The study will start on the first visit to the clinic and/or at their follow-up visit. For each volunteer the study will last 3 months. Participants will be allocated to two groups, those receiving routine brief counselling on the day of their visit and those to whom a web-based electronic tool to self-assess is introduced. They will be motivated to use it in the following weeks to reduce consumption . The study will evaluate alcohol consumption levels using tested questionnaires at base-line and exit.

The investigators will assess the feasibility of the use of an electronic tool in our study population, whether it provided better outcomes compared to standard care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: August 2018
• Est. primary completion date: August 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient attending the Department of Oral Medicine at King's College Hospital and consuming alcohol over recommended guidance (European Code Against Cancer)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient which cannot understand English

• Complete lack of IT literacy

• Patient in contact with a specialized alcohol service

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Addiction
• Alcohol Drinking
• Alcoholism
• Mouth Diseases

Intervention

Device:
• Drinksmeter
Web-based application delivering Identification and Brief Advice of Alcohol Use

Behavioral:
• Brief Advice of Alcohol Use
Lifestyle counseling regarding alcohol intake and completion of Audit-10 questionnaire done chair-side with clinician

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	King's College Hospital	London	Lambeth

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
King's College Hospital NHS Trust	South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Reduction in mean number of alcohol units consumed per week	Number of weekly alcohol units will be recorded before intervention and 3-6 months after intervention	6-12 months
Secondary	Improvement of AUDIT-10 (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) Questionnaire Score	AUDIT-10 questionnaire given before and after intervention. A total score is given for the questionnaire based on the answers given. This total score will be compared before and after.	6-12 months