Routine Clinical Screening for Substance Use Disorders in the Emergency Room Setting

Terminated

• Conditions: Substance Use

• Registration Number: NCT01661465
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brief Summary

To ensure consistent documentation of alcohol and substance use, the emergency medicine is initiating a new standard of care for substance use screening: the use of a brief self-evaluation questionnaire on alcohol, tobacco and illicit substance use to be completed in triage. This questionnaire will allow emergency medicine patients presenting to the emergency room. This study will also review medical records after one year of the index emergency room visit to establish rates or re-presentation and hospitalization correlated with different substance use.

Detailed Description

Screening for alcohol use and substances of abuse in the emergency and trauma settings is critical for both effective current treatment of the presenting clinical issue and prevention of future incidents. Identification, engagement and treatment of substance use disorders decreased trauma and emergency department visits and medical comorbidities (Bertholet et al., 2005; Kaner et al., 2007). To ensure consistent documentation of alcohol and substance use, the emergency medicine is initiating a new standard of care for substance use screening: the use of a brief self-evaluation questionnaire on alcohol, tobacco and illicit substance use to be completed in triage. This questionnaire will allow emergency medicine patients presenting to the emergency room. This research study will perform a chart review on all self-evaluation questionnaires on alcohol, tobacco and substance use to determine the prevalence of use of specific substances in this patient population and associated demographic predictors and medical comorbidities. This study will also review medical records after one year of the index emergency room visit to establish rates or re-presentation and hospitalization correlated with different substance use.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-05
• Study First Submitted: 2012-08-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-08-07
• Study First Posted: 2012-08-09
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2013-12
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-29
• Last Update Posted: 2023-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 9212

Inclusion Criteria

• Able to complete a questionnaire

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Exclusion Criteria

• Younger than 19 Unable or unwilling to complete a self-assessment form written in English Prisoners

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent of subjects with re-presentation of drug or alcohol abuse 1 year after initial presentation to Emergency Department	baseline to 12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Alabama Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States