A Multi-centre Registry Study on Patient Trajectories After Interventions for Alcohol-related Health Problems in Somatic Hospital Wards, for People in Late Adulthood (60+)
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 500
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Alcohol use disorder (AUD)
研究概览
简要总结
Alcohol is contributing to many health problems and disorders, as well as accidents and social problems. Alcohol consumption has been on the rise the past 25 years, especially in Norway. The highest increase is found in older adults, in line with the development in most other countries in the western world. Older adults have a higher risk for alcohol related health problems, due to age related physiological changes, medical conditions and medications. Still, alcohol use is seldom addressed for older people. This means that older people rarely receive help to change alcohol habits.
Norwegian health authorities have issued mandates ordering the regional health trusts to implement strategies in somatic hospital wards, mental health services and drug treatment services to identify and treat alcohol and drug problems affecting the patients' health.
In this observational study we will explore patient trajectories three years prior to and three years after an admittance to hospital where risky or harmful alcohol consumption is identified and brief interventions are delivered. Hospitals that have implemented such strategies are invited to the study. Patient trajectories are studied in national health registries. This will provide important knowledge on what characterizes the patients identified, and what happens after they have received a brief intervention related to a hospital admittance.
详细描述
This is a multi-centre registry study in Norwegian medical and surgical hospitals. The project is focusing on patients aged 60+, receiving an intervention for alcohol-related health problems in somatic hospital wards in one year, and without a previous history of referral or treatment in specialized health care for an alcohol or drug problem. Other age groups of adults will be used as control groups. The included patients will also be their own control group, where we compare registry data on the trajectories three years following the alcohol intervention with registry data from the three years preceding the intervention.
The recruited hospitals will have different strategies for identification of and interventions for alcohol-related health problems, and the choice of methods is thus outside of our control. All inhabitants in Norway are registered with a personal identification number. This individual identifier makes the linkage between the participants and the different registries possible. Data from these registries will enable the study of serious incidents, as well as of diagnoses, medications and other treatments, welfare and benefits, and causes of death. Data will be gathered three years retrospectively and 3 years prospectively, related to the index hospital stay where alcohol is addressed and a brief intervention is delivered.
Inclusion criteria for patients are age 21+, no previous treatment history for drug or alcohol problems in specialized health care, admitted to medical or surgical hospital ward, identified risky or harmful alcohol consumption, accepting an alcohol intervention and accepting study participation. Baseline data collected are AUDIT C, question no 10 from the full AUDIT and classification of alcohol consumption (risky or harmful). All other variables are extracted from the national health registries (reimbursement data from primary health care and secondary health care, prescription database, Cause of death registry, Norwegian Trauma Registry and social security data, marital status, professional status).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Other
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age 21 or older, no previous alcohol use disorder or substance use disorder, admitted to hospital which has implemented screening and brief alcohol intervention strategies, written consent to participate
排除标准
- •specialized treatment for alcohol use disorder og drug use disorder during the three years prior to recruitment
结局指标
主要结局
Alcohol use disorder (AUD)
时间窗: Three years
Diagnosis of AUD after recruitment in the study
Prescriptions for AUD
时间窗: Three years
Prescriptions for the treatment of alcohol use disorder
次要结局
- Death(Three years)
- Health care(Three years)
- Trauma(Three years)
- Prescriptions for addictive drugs(Three years)