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Study of an Emergency Department-based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Misuse in Older Adults

NCT02236494 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 222

Last updated 2017-07-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a randomized trial to assess the value of an emergency department-based intervention to reduce hazardous alcohol use among older adults. We hypothesize that the intervention will result in a 25% reduction in the prevalence of hazardous alcohol use while the control group will only have a 5% reduction.

Conditions

  • Alcohol Abuse

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Negotiated Interview

As per arm

BEHAVIORAL

General Health Information

As per arm (this is the active comparator)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The American Geriatrics Society

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christina Shenvi, MD,PhD · UNC Chapel Hill

  • Timothy F Platts-Mills, MD,MSc · UNC Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-07-10
Completion
2017-07-10

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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