Assertive outreach treatment for alcohol related admissions

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Specialty: Mental Health, Primary sub-specialty: Addictions - alcohol; UKCRC code/ Disease: Mental Health/ Unspecified mental disorder; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Alcohol misuse

• Registration Number: ISRCTN67000214
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London

Brief Summary

2020 protocol in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32171278 (added 17/03/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-11-22
• Study Completion: 2019-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 6 April 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria as of 05/06/2017:
1. Age 18 years or over
2. Able to understand English sufficiently well to obtain informed consent and complete the assessment questionnaires
3. ICD-10 diagnosis of alcohol dependence
4. Willing to provide informed consent to participate in the trial
5. Has been admitted at least two times to in-patient care in any of the participating NHS trusts with at least one diagnosis wholly attributable to alcohol, within a one year period
or
6. Has at least ten presentations to an Emergency Department in any of the participating NHS trusts, within a one year period
or
7. Has at least four presentations to an Emergency Department in any of the participating NHS trusts, within a month
or
8. Has been admitted at least one time to in-patient care with a diagnosis wholly attributable to alcohol and has at least four presentations to an Emergency Department in any of the participating NHS trusts, within a one year period

Original inclusion criteria:
1. Age 18 years or over
2. Able to understand English sufficiently well to obtain informed consent and complete the assessment questionnaires
3. Has been admitted at least three times to in-patient care in any of the three NHS trusts within King’s Health Partners with at least one diagnosis wholly attributable to alcohol, within a one year period
4. ICD-10 diagnosis of alcohol dependence
5. Willing to provide informed consent to participate in the trial

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to give informed consent
2. Experiencing severe mental of physical illness likely to preclude active participation in the treatment or research follow up
3. Already in receipt of assertive outreach services or participation in another trial
4. Dependence on opiates or stimulants
5. Has a severe cognitive impairment as determined by Mini Mental State Examination score of = 10
6. Has a history of violence to staff or is registered under MAPPA
7. Street homeless or has no recourse to public funds

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent days abstinent in the 90 days prior to 12 months follow up measured using the Time Line Follow Back (TLFB) Form 90 administered at baseline, 6 and 12 months.