Project Health Link: Connecting Patients With Services
- Conditions
- Alcohol Abuse
- Registration Number
- NCT00234221
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Brief Summary
This study will compare three alternative interventions in the emergency department (ED) to promote substance abuse assessment, referral, and treatment entry: 1) a 5 session strengths-based case management model (SBCM); 2) a 2-session motivational enhancement therapy (MET); or 3) a one-time brief informational feedback (BIF) session. The primary outcome variables for this trial include follow-through on receiving an assessment and referral, and treatment engagement. Additional outcomes include degree of treatment completion, alcohol-related measures, health service utilization, health status changes, and psychosocial factors.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 686
- (1) adults age 19 - 60 presenting to the Emergency Department at Hurley Medical Center within 24 hours of an injury; (2) ability to provide informed consent.
For intervention portion of the project: (1) meets DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence in the following year. (Patients who meet abuse/dependence criteria for alcohol may also be using other drugs. They will be included in the study only if they do not meet criteria for past year drug abuse/dependence).
- (1) adult patients who do not understand English; (2) prisoners; (3) pregnant women; (4) institutionalized patients (e.g. nursing home residents); (5) adults classified by medical staff as "Level 1 trauma"; (6) adults deemed unable to provide informed consent (e.g. intoxication, mental incompetence, under guardianship); (7) patients treated in the ED for suicide attempts and sexual assault; (8) patients meeting past year drug abuse/dependence criteria; and (9) patients who have been in treatment for alcohol or other drug abuse/dependence in the previous year.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method receipt of assessment 3 and 6 months post-baseline treatment entry 3 and 6 months post-baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hurley Medical Center
🇺🇸Flint, Michigan, United States
Hurley Medical Center🇺🇸Flint, Michigan, United States