The Effect of a Interdisciplinary Alcohol Cessation Intervention

NCT ID: NCT01208571

Last Updated: 2012-08-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 120 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-04-30
• Study Completion Date: 2012-12-31

Brief Summary

The effect of alcohol interventions seems to be related to the intensity of the interventions. In this study the investigators will assess the effect of a interdisciplinary "booster session" in primary care, given to patients who were admitted to hospitals with alcohol related conditions, and who were given Brief Intervention before discharge. The booster session is based on a motivational interview.

Detailed Description

The study is a randomized clinical trial, and aims to recruit 60 X 2 patients. Patients admitted to Stavanger University Hospital with an alcohol contributed condition, and who has been given a brief alcohol intervention may be recruited. Candidates for secondary healthcare related to alcohol misuse will be excluded. The interdisciplinary "booster" session will be given two weeks after discharge, and will be given in the facility of the primary care physician, facilitated by both the physician and an liaison alcohol nurse from Stavanger University Hospital. The intervention is based on motivational interview technique. The primary outcome will be assessed using the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-C, six months after discharge. The outcome assessor will be blinded for the intervention. All outcomes will be collected by telephone interview.

The study aims to start recruiting candidates in October-November 2010, and will stoop recruiting in December 2012 at the latest.

The study was approved by the national ethical comite in August 2011. The results of the study wil be published in international referee based journals.

Conditions

Alcohol Use Disorders

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Lifestyle counseling

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

"Booster session"

Intervention Type: OTHER

Motivational interview

Treatment as usual

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

"Booster session"

Motivational interview

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Admission with an alcohol related disorder

Exclusion Criteria

• Lack of ability to give informed consent

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Helse Stavanger HF

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Kristian Oppedal, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Helse Stavanger HF

Sverre Nesvaag, Dr

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Helse Stavanger HF

Locations

Stavanger University Hospital

Stavanger, , Norway

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Norway

Central Contacts

Åse Cristiansen, RN

Role: CONTACT

asci@sus.no

+47 05151

Facility Contacts

Kristian Oppdal, MD

Role: primary

kiop@sus.no

+47 48124947

Other Identifiers

2010-1883

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id