Clinical Characteristics of Patients Referred to a Substance Abuse Liaison Department in an Academic Hospital, France

NCT04916028 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PI2021_843_0092
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 652
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Coalition on Psychiatric Emergencies (CPE) stressed in 2016 that emergency providers were increasingly recognizing the important role of the Emergency Department (ED) in reducing adverse outcomes associated with untreated with substance abuse liaison department (SUDs). Additional research is required to close identified knowledge gaps and improve care of ED patients with SUD. Of the more than 4.5 million ED visits in 2009 in US for drug-related causes,34-32% involved alcohol use alone or in combination with other drugs. Few studies investigated the clinical characteristics of patients referred to an addiction liaison department in a general hospital. The present study will be retrospective in a sample of 700 patients consecutively admitted for addictive behaviors in the emergency department and in the Medicine or Surgery departments of the Amiens University Hospital Center, France.

Conditions

Substance Abuse; Emergencies; Personality Disorders; Substance Use Disorders

Keywords

Substance abuse liaison-department; Emergencies; Academic Hospital; Personality Disorders; Substance Use Disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• sociodemographic characteristics of patients referred to an addiction liaison department in a Academic general hospital

  one month

• clinical characteristics of patients referred to an addiction liaison department in a Academic general hospital

  one month

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 90 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

patients consecutively admitted for addictive behaviors in the emergency department and in the Medicine or Surgery departments of the Amiens University Hospital Center, France.

You may qualify if:

• patient addressed to University Hospital Emergency Department and consecutively referred to a substance abuse liaison department in the Amiens Academic Hospital, France between 2017 and 2020.
• Patients must be able to speak French

You may not qualify if:

• Neurological disorders
• patients who are not able to speak French

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHU Amiens

Amiens, 80480, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Substance-Related Disorders; Emergencies; Personality Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 1, 2021
• First Posted: June 7, 2021
• Study Start: May 2, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 2, 2021
• Study Completion: June 2, 2021
• Last Updated: June 12, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)