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NCT Number: NCT00234221

Project Health Link: Connecting Patients With Services

This study will compare three alternative interventions in the emergency department (ED) to promote substance abuse assessment, referral, and treatment entry: 1) a 5 session strengths-based case management model (SBCM); 2) a 2-session motivational enhancement therapy (MET); or 3) a one-time brief informational feedback (BIF) session. The primary outcome variables for this trial include follow-through on receiving an assessment and referral, and treatment engagement. Additional outcomes include degree of treatment completion, alcohol-related measures, health service utilization, health status changes, and psychosocial factors.

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Key information

Conditions

Alcohol Abuse Alcohol-Related Disorders Alcoholism Chemically-Induced Disorders Mental Disorders Substance-Related Disorders

Age range

19 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hurley Medical Center

Flint, Michigan, 48503, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • (1) adults age 19 - 60 presenting to the Emergency Department at Hurley Medical Center within 24 hours of an injury; (2) ability to provide informed consent.

For intervention portion of the project: (1) meets DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence in the following year. (Patients who meet abuse/dependence criteria for alcohol may also be using other drugs. They will be included in the study only if they do not meet criteria for past year drug abuse/dependence).

Exclusion criteria

  • (1) adult patients who do not understand English; (2) prisoners; (3) pregnant women; (4) institutionalized patients (e.g. nursing home residents); (5) adults classified by medical staff as "Level 1 trauma"; (6) adults deemed unable to provide informed consent (e.g. intoxication, mental incompetence, under guardianship); (7) patients treated in the ED for suicide attempts and sexual assault; (8) patients meeting past year drug abuse/dependence criteria; and (9) patients who have been in treatment for alcohol or other drug abuse/dependence in the previous year.

Treatment and study plan

Strengths Based Case Management

Behavioral

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Behavioral

Brief Informational Feedback

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. receipt of assessment

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months post-baseline

  2. treatment entry

    Time frame: 3 and 6 months post-baseline

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Services Interventions for Injured ED Problem Drinkers

Important dates

Study start
2005
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Oct 6, 2005
Registry last updated
Apr 13, 2016

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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