A randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of nurse-led screening and brief alcohol interventions (SBI) in primary health care (PHC)
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Alcohol dependenceMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN15160309
- Lead Sponsor
- HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
2004 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15128688 2006 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16671972
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 127
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients (male and female) aged 16+ years
2. Attending primary care nurses (practice nurses, district nurses, health visitors, midwives and community psychiatric nurses [CPNs]) in practices from the former Yorkshire Regional Health Authority area
3. Men scoring 8+ and women scoring 7+ on the AUDIT screening questionnaire
4. Consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Current major physical or psychiatric illness
2. Severe alcohol dependence
3. Severe brain damage or mental impairment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Weekly alcohol consumption (units), assessed at 12 months after intervention.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Drinking problems index, assessed at 12 months after intervention.<br> 2. Screening score, assessed at 12 months after intervention.<br> 3. Quality of life (12-item short form health survey [SF12]), assessed at 12 months after intervention.<br>