Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment With Substance Use Disorders in the Emergency Room Setting

NCT01661517 | Terminated Early Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: X110829003
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 5,271
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will be a quality improvement project to review the effectiveness and barriers to effectiveness of a new clinical program in the emergency room to provide substance use screening followed by brief motivational interviewing and referral to treatment for patients who meet criteria for problem substance use. This study will consist of a chart review of the results of the screens performed by substance use counselors and correlating them to institutional variables such as wait time in the emergency room and length of stay as well as to patient variables obtained by chart review such as medical diagnosis and sociodemographic variables.

Conditions

Substance Use

Keywords

substance use treatment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• substance use

  2 years

Study Arms (1)

Lifestyle Counseling

EXPERIMENTAL

motivational interviewer

Behavioral: Motivational interviewing and referral to treatment

Interventions

Motivational interviewing and referral to treatment BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle Counseling

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age 19 and older Presentation to UAB Emergency Department

You may not qualify if:

• Younger than 19 Prisoners

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alabama at Birmingham: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Alabama Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, 35205, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Substance-Related Disorders

Interventions

Motivational Interviewing

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Directive Counseling; Counseling; Mental Health Services; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: early phase 1
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 7, 2012
• First Posted: August 9, 2012
• Study Start: September 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2013
• Study Completion: May 1, 2015
• Last Updated: October 18, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-09

Locations

US (1)