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Preventing Harmful Alcohol Use Among Trauma Patients in Cameroon

NCT07677449 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 690

Last updated 2026-06-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

\*\*Brief Summary\*\*

Alcohol use is a major contributor to injury burden in Cameroon, particularly among trauma patients presenting to emergency departments. Despite the strong association between alcohol use and injury, structured alcohol screening and intervention programs are not routinely integrated into trauma care in Cameroon. This study aims to evaluate a Cameroon-adapted Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) program for trauma patients at the Limbe Regional Hospital.

The study will be conducted in three phases: (1) training emergency department healthcare providers on a culturally adapted SBIRT program; (2) evaluating the feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity of SBIRT implementation in routine emergency care; and (3) assessing the effectiveness of SBIRT in reducing harmful alcohol use among trauma patients. Healthcare workers will be trained to deliver SBIRT, and eligible trauma patients screening positive for risky alcohol use will be enrolled in a randomized waitlist-controlled trial. Participants will undergo alcohol screening using validated tools and will be followed for six months. Outcomes will include alcohol use measured by the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), phosphatidylethanol (PEth) biomarker levels, referral uptake, implementation outcomes, and patient well-being measures.

The study is expected to generate evidence on the feasibility and effectiveness of integrating alcohol interventions into trauma care in a low-resource setting and inform future scale-up of SBIRT programs in Cameroon and similar settings.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cameroon-Adapted SBIRT

A culturally adapted Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) program delivered by trained emergency department healthcare workers. The intervention includes alcohol risk screening, brief motivational interviewing-based counseling, and referral to treatment when appropriate.

OTHER

Usual Care

Standard emergency department care without structured SBIRT delivery during the study follow-up period. Participants are offered SBIRT after completing six months of follow-up.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Buea

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Serge Ngekeng, PhD in Public Health · University of Buea

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2027-03-31
Primary Completion
2030-08-31
Completion
2030-08-31

Countries

  • Cameroon

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

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