Effect of a brief motivational intervention in reducing alcohol consumption in the emergency department
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F101- Alcohol abuse
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
(b)Can speak Hindi/local language
(c)Use of AUDIT for screening of alcoholism
(d)they reported ingesting alcohol within the 6 hours before their injury; or
(e)they scored positive for harmful or hazardous drinking on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
(f)volunteer to participate in clinical trial
Exclusion Criteria
a)Subjects without a permanent address in the city,
b)interview impossible due to severe physical condition (e.g. unconscious or pain),
c)psychotic disorders or mentally challenged at clinical anamnesis evaluation,
d)evident cognitive damage at clinical anamnesis evaluation,
e)subjects under arrest,
f)subjects being assisted or undergoing treatment at addiction care centres,
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Alcohol related negative consequences <br/ ><br>Readiness to change behaviour <br/ ><br>Quality of lifeTimepoint: 3 months <br/ ><br>3 months <br/ ><br>3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of lifeTimepoint: 6 months