Prevalence of Chronic Inebriates to the Emergency Department and Suitability for Sobering House Services

NCT ID: NCT01783223

Last Updated: 2022-09-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 668 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2021-10-14

Brief Summary

This study is intended to evaluate the prevalence of chronically inebriated patients in the Emergeny Department (ED). Patients will be identified prospectively by screening all patients (24/7) presenting to the ED for one month. A running tally of all patients in the ED will be kept. Of these patients, any patient that is noted to have alcohol intoxication will be identified. The chart of that patient will be reviewed for details about the patient's alcohol use and for the patient's suitability for a sobering house, which is a place where intoxicated patients can go to await sobriety. The chart will also be reviewed for the number of previous visits for alcohol use to our hospital ever and in the last year.

Detailed Description

For this cross-sectional study, all patients presenting to the ED of an urban, Level 1 trauma center for one month were prospectively screened by trained research associates. When an intoxicated patient was identified, study information including patient demographics, diagnoses, vital signs, blood alcohol concentration (BAC), GCS on arrival, ability to ambulate independently on arrival, use of physical or chemical restraint, previous ED visits, length of stay, and health insurance was collected. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Conditions

Alcohol Intoxication

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Intoxicated patients

patients in the Emergency Department who appear to be intoxicated with ethanol.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients in the emergency department for alcohol intoxication

Exclusion Criteria

• Under 18
• Prisoners
• Pregnancy

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

Sponsors

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

James Miner, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis

Locations

Hennepin County Medical Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol

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Other Identifiers

12-3560

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id