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Brief Interventions in General Hospital (BIG)

NCT00982306 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 294

Last updated 2010-07-29

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Summary

Alcohol abuse is a widespread concern internationally with a significant threat to world health. Research suggests a relationship between heavy drinking and certain clinical presentations such as injuries, physical and psychiatric illnesses and frequent sickness absence from employment. This research aims to establish whether brief interventions delivered to harmful and hazardous alcohol drinkers admitted to hospital impacts of their alcohol consumption levels on discharge from hospital.

Conditions

  • Alcoholism

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief intervention

20 minute one to one counseling session

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

    collaborator OTHER

  • Partnerships in Care

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2012-02-29
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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