Hospital Outpatients Alcohol Project: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hazardous drinking; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000905864
• Lead Sponsor: Associate Professor Kypros Kypri

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-08-24
• Study Completion: 2014-01-09
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 837

Inclusion Criteria

Patients attending the Ambulatory Care Centre will be eligible for inclusion if they are 18 years of age or older, live in the Hunter New England Local Health District, provide informed consent, and screen positive for hazardous drinking.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who cannot read English, unable to self-administer the e-SBI instrument via the iPad, or are moving to an unknown address during the next 12 months (ie., will be lost to follow-up) will not be recruited.

Following screening, participants will be excluded if they:
(i) have not consumed any alcohol in the past 12 months;
(ii) report they are currently receiving treatment for their drinking;
(iii) do not screen positive for hazardous drinking in the past 12 months (AUDIT-C <5);
(iv) may be dependent on alcohol (AUDIT-C >9).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total number of standard drinks in the past week assessed by a 7-day retrospective diary.[6 months after randomisation.];AUDIT score with a reference period of the past six months.[6 months after randomisation.]