Phone Intervention for Alcohol (ETOH) Use in Emergency Department Motor Vehicle Crash (ED MVC) Patients

Wounds and Injuries Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Study of Effectiveness of BI Given to Injured MVC ED Patients Who Use Alcohol Harmfully and Hazardously

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Available

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00457548
• Other study ID #: R49/CCR123228-03
• Status: Available
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 5, 2007
• Last updated: March 29, 2011

Study information

• Verified date: February 2009
• Source: Rhode Island Hospital
• Contact: Janette Baird, PhD
• Phone: 401-444-2976
• Email: jbaird[@]lifespan.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Expanded Access

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a brief counseling intervention, delivered by telephone, is more effective than standard ED care, to reduce future alcohol related injuries and alcohol related negative consequences, among patients treated in the ED for injuries from an MVC and other injury mechanisms.

Description:

Alcohol related motor vehicle crashes (MVC) continue to be a substantial public health problem. Brief interventions for alcohol (BI) for injured ED patients have been demonstrated to be effective, and perhaps more so for MVC patients.

Telephone interventions have been utilized in varying ways in health care. We compared the delivery of two brief interventions by telephone against an assessment only condition. Participants who received the BI and the assessment only condition were contacted 3 and 12 months after recruitment. Data about alcohol use, injuries and high risk behaviors, including drinking and driving behaviors were collected at the 3 and 12 month follow-up assessments.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Available
• Enrollment: 0
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older

• Emergency department patient

• Subacute injury

• Motor vehicle crash or other injury

• Alcohol use at harmful and hazardous levels

Exclusion Criteria:

• Younger than 18 years old

• Does not meet alcohol use criteria

• Non-English speaker

• In police custody

• Suicidal

• Psychiatric diagnosis

• No locator

• Injury occurred > 72 hours prior to ED visit

Study Design

N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcoholic Intoxication
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Brief Telephone Counseling for risky aclohol use
Two brief sessions (30-40 minutes) of brief counseling using a motivational interviewing approach. The counseling session are delivered by telephone and focus on the alcohol use of inuured ED patients who randomize into the treatment arm of the study. Patient who randomize into the controla rm of the study receive standard emergency department care only plus study assessments.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rhode Island Hospital	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention