Screening for hazardous alcohol use in the Emergency Department; PEth marker compared to AUDIT questionnaire.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- <p>Hazardous Alcohol Use</p>
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON21742
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 301
Inclusion Criteria
The population is the general adult ED population from who blood will be drawn.
Inclusion criteria
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a patients must meet all of the following criteria:
- Present to the ED of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam.
AND
- Their attending physician decided that blood has to be drawn for medical reasons (independently of this study)
Exclusion Criteria
A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
- Age < 18.
- Language barrier.
- Inclusion only if patients have a good command of Dutch language.
- No informed consent.
- Previous participation in this study.
- Intoxication with alcohol and/or other drugs/substances.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary Objective: - Determine the reliability of the AUDIT questionnaire compared to the PEth marker in the general ED population.</p>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary Objectives: - Determine the correlation between the PEth marker value and the scores on the AUDIT and the two-week period Timeline Followback questionnaire including a 24-hour questionnaire in the general ED population.</p>