Exploratory trial of brief alcohol advice in dental surgeries

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Alcohol consumption; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN81193263
• Lead Sponsor: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

1. 2015 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26443659 2. 2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27782365

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-10-04
• Study Completion: 2016-02-12
• Last Update Posted: 14 January 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 248

Inclusion Criteria

Any patient with a positive screening result on Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST), aged 18 years or above, attending dental practice and able to speak, read and write English sufficiently well to complete study questionnaires/interviews.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients already involved in any research study conducted in dental practice and those seeking help for alcohol dependence will be excluded

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Score on Extended AUDIT questionnaire cut off 8 or more as used in SIPS programme measured at baseline and 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Mean weekly units of alcohol consumed during the previous 90 days using the Form 90<br> 2. Average drinks (8 mg of pure ethanol) per day<br> 3. Percentage days abstinent from work due to alcohol<br> 4. Readiness to change measured by modified readiness to change ruler<br> 5. Health related quality of life measure using EQ5D<br> All outcomes measured at baseline and 6 months<br>