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An Evaluation of the Brief Interventional for Problem Drinkers Among Medical Inpatients

NCT00675519 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2015-04-08

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Summary

Compared with control participants at post-intervention follow-ups, unhealthy drinkers who receive the screening and brief intervention will (1) report reduced alcohol consumption among all patients, and (2) report reduced alcohol-related problems and health care utilization.

Conditions

  • Problem Drinking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational enhancement therapy

Motivational enhancement therapy begins with the assumption that the responsibility and capacity for change lie within the client. The therapist begins by providing individualized feedback about the effects of the patient's drinking. Working closely together, therapist and patient explore the benefits of abstinence, review treatment options, and design a plan to implement treatment goals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Mackay Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-01-31
Primary Completion
2005-12-31
Completion
2005-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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