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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN06650826
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Brief alcohol intervention in emergency
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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3200-067949
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Study hypothesis
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Brief alcohol intervention for hazardous drinkers admitted to the Emergency Department.
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Ethics approval received from the Clinical Research Ethics Committe, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lausannedate on the 8th January 2003 (ref: 193/01).
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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Switzerland
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Hazardous drinkers
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Consecutive patients aged 18 and over admitted to the Emergency Department from 11 am to 11 pm daily from January 2003 to June 2004.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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1. Patients under 18
2. A history of alcohol-related treatment over the last 12 months
3. Did not qualify for hazardous drinking over the last 30 days
4. Were clinically intoxicated
5. Medical condition that precluded a face-to-face interview
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Anticipated start date
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01/01/2004
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Anticipated end date
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30/06/2005
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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1000
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Interventions
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A single session 15 minutes brief alcohol intervention including six steps:
1. Thank the patient for participation and provide reassurance about confidentiality
2. Provide feedback about patient's alcohol use compared to similar measures for men and women in the Swiss community and ask the patient's opinion of the feedback
3. Ask the patient to explore the pros and cons of his/her alcohol use
4. Use a one to ten scale to explore patient's importance and readiness to change his/her drinking pattern
5. Ask if the patient feels ready to set an objective and provide positive reinforcement about their ability to achieve this objective
6. Give each patient written material including their Alcohol Screen (AUDIT) score, drinking pattern percentiles compared to the Swiss community, and their drinking pattern objectives.
There were two control groups:
1. Control group one completed the two minute lifestyle screener and a 30-minute face-to-face interview including assessment of alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences and a medical history. They were then contacted 12-month later for follow-up
2. Control group two completed the two minute lifestyle screener, signed a consent form and were contacted 12 month later for follow-up
Usual care does not include any intervention regarding alcohol. Alcohol use is generally adressed with a single yes-no question about patients' alcohol use. Neither systematic nor case finding stategies of counseling or referral are conducted routinely.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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1. A 20% decrease in number of drinks per week
2. A 20% decrease in monthly binge drinking frequency
3. Number of medical consultations
4. Days hospitalised and days out of work
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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1. Drinking quantity
2. Frequency
3. Hazardous drinking consequences
4. Health related quality of life
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Sources of funding
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Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland) (ref: 3200-067949)
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Trial website
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Publications
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Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17565563
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Contact name
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Dr
Jean-Bernard
Daeppen
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Address
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Mont-Paisible 16
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City/town
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Lausanne
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Zip/Postcode
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1011
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Country
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Switzerland
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Email
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jean-bernard.daeppen@chuv.ch
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Sponsor
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Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland)
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Address
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Wildhainweg 2
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City/town
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Bern
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Zip/Postcode
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3001
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Country
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Switzerland
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Email
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div3@snf.ch
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Date applied
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29/05/2006
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Last edited
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21/09/2007
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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11/09/2006
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