NCT00457548

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

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

• Status: Available
• Phase: —
• Study type: Expanded Access
• Enrollment: —
• Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Alcoholic Intoxication
• Wounds and Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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.

Timeline

• First posted: 2007-04-06
• Last updated: 2011-03-30