Project Relay Model for Recruiting Alcohol Dependent Patients in General Hospitals

NCT02188043 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: RESCueH_Relay
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the Relay Model helping alcohol dependent patients at a general hospital to start specialized alcohol treatment in order to assess i) efficacy, ii) cost-effectiveness and iii) overall societal cost impacts. The effect of the Relay Model will be investigated in a single-blind pragmatic randomised controlled trial in which the control group consists of patients referred to treatment by usual procedures.

Conditions

Alcohol Use Disorder; Alcohol Dependency

Keywords

Alcohol use disorder; Motivational Intervention; Health expenditures; efficacy study

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• health care expenditures

  Primary measure is Health care expenditures 12 months after discharge, according to the International Classification of Health Accounts, extracted from population registers.

  12 - 60 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• report to alcohol clinic

  30 days

Study Arms (2)

Relay Model

OTHER

AUDIT score 8+: Brief Motivational Intervention with alcohol therapist. AUDITscore16+:Brief Motivational Intervention and appointment at Alcohol Treatment Clinic \-

Behavioral: Relay Model

Usual Referral Procedure

NO INTERVENTION

Hospital staff refer patient to Alcohol Treatment Clinic according to usual procedure

Interventions

Relay Model BEHAVIORAL

The Clinical staff hand out and collect lifestyle - questionnaires to admitted patients, and screen by 10 alcohol questions (AUDIT) , and report score to outpatient Alcohol Clinic. Based on the questionnaire that the patient filled out, the Alcohol therapist perform a brief Motivational Intervention on patients with an AUDIT score of 8+, focusing the patients alcohol consumption habits and offer an appointment to patients with an AUDIT score of 16+.

Relay Model

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Hospitalized for a minimum of 24 hours
• Resident within the uptake area of the involved alcohol treatment centres
• Willing to participate in the study
• Cognitive and physical capable

You may not qualify if:

• In any alcohol-specific treatment for alcohol dependence
• Psychotic
• Less than 18 years of age
• Hospitalized less than 24 hours
• Resident outside uptake areas
• Not consenting on participation in the study
• Cognitive and physical incapable

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern Denmark: lead

Study Sites (1)

RESCueH alcohol Studies, Unit of Clinical Alcohol Research, Psyciatric Research Unit, Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark

Odense, DK - 5000 C, Denmark

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Schwarz AS, Bilberg R, Bjerregaard L, Nielsen B, Sogaard J, Nielsen AS. Relay model for recruiting alcohol dependent patients in general hospitals--a single-blind pragmatic randomized trial. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Apr 14;16:132. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1376-8.

  PMID: 27080865 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcoholism

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Alcohol-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Bent Nielsen, Ph.D

  bent.nielsen@rsyd.dk

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 9, 2014
• First Posted: July 11, 2014
• Study Start: November 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2017
• Study Completion: June 1, 2017
• Last Updated: September 29, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-09

Locations

DK (1)