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The Teachable Moment: Screening and Brief Intervention for Admitted Trauma Patients

NCT00865774 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 333

Last updated 2018-08-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The American College of Surgeons now requires screening for alcohol use in trauma centers. The purpose of this research study is to provide information about the best screening and treatment methods. The investigators hope the findings will provide information that will improve healthcare by reducing problems related to risky alcohol use. The trauma team is conducting a comparison of two different ways of talking about alcohol use. Participants will be randomized into one of the two study groups.

Conditions

  • Alcoholism

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Quantity Frequency Model

The quantitative intervention involves emphasis on tracking and measuring the number of drinks on a weekly basis.

BEHAVIORAL

Targets Subjective Drunkenness

Explores factors leading to drunkenness and alternative coping strategies for healthier function.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mary Claire O'Brien, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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