Testing Delivery Channels of Brief Motivational Alcohol Intervention Among General Hospital Inpatients With Risky Drinking: Personal Counseling Versus Computer-generated Feedback Letters
18 Years
64 Years
Both
Hazardous Drinking
Trial Information
Testing Delivery Channels of Brief Motivational Alcohol Intervention Among General Hospital Inpatients With Risky Drinking: Personal Counseling Versus Computer-generated Feedback Letters
Inclusion Criteria:
- General hospital inpatients with risky drinking (AUDIT-C >= 4/5 (women/men) and AUDIT
< 20)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients already recruited during an earlier hospital stay
- Patients physically and mentally not capable of participating in the study
- Patients with a hospital stay of less than 24 hours
- Patients with insufficient language/ reading skills
- Patients employed at one of the departments participating in the study or conducting
the study
- Patients with more severe alcohol problems (AUDIT >= 20)
Type of Study:
Interventional
Study Design:
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment
Outcome Measure:
Risky drinking
Outcome Description:
Determined by using average alcohol consumption per day, heavy occasional drinking, highest blood alcohol concentration, the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) score
Outcome Time Frame:
6, 12, 18, 24 months
Safety Issue:
No
Principal Investigator
Jennis Freyer-Adam, PhD
Investigator Role:
Principal Investigator
Investigator Affiliation:
Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald
Authority:
Germany: Ethics Commission
Study ID:
108376
NCT ID:
NCT01291693
Start Date:
February 2011
Completion Date:
August 2015
Related Keywords:
- Hazardous Drinking
- Hazardous drinking
- general hospital
- brief intervention
- Motivational Interviewing
- computer-generated feedback
- stage-tailored
- delivery channel
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