Project Relay Model for Recruiting Alcohol Dependent Patients in General Hospitals
NCT ID: NCT02188043
Last Updated: 2017-09-29
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
1000 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2013-11-30
2017-06-30
Brief Summary
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The effect of the Relay Model will be investigated in a single-blind pragmatic randomised controlled trial in which the control group consists of patients referred to treatment by usual procedures.
Detailed Description
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The main objective of the study is to develop strategies which increase the likelihood that patients report for outpatient alcohol treatment after discharge. It is likely that an optimization of the transfer procedure between hospital and outpatient clinic will lead to that more patients will be engage in psychosocial treatment for their alcohol abuse, which will improve the prognosis, reduce re-admissions and the use of hospital beds and, thus have positive economic consequences. We evaluate the Relay Model in order to assess i) efficacy, ii) cost-effectiveness and iii) overall societal cost impacts.
The target group of the present study is patients suffering from alcohol dependence admitted to a general hospital located in an urban area and a general hospital located in a rural area.
A single-blind pragmatic randomised controlled trial including patients admitted to Hospital. The study group(n=500) receive an Intervention and the control group(n=500) are referred to treatment by usual procedures. All patients complete a lifestyle questionnaire with the Danish self-report version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) embedded as a case identification strategy. The patients are informed that an alcohol therapist may contact them and give feedback on their responses.
The completed forms are reviewed daily and an AUDIT score of 8+prompts a call to the Alcohol therapist, who attends the departments on different days randomly drawn by a computer. The RELAY MODEL intervention include a Brief Motivational Intervention. Patients who score AUDIT 16+ are also offered an appointment at the alcohol treatment clinic.
Primary measure is health care expenditures 12 months after discharge, according to the International Classification of Health Accounts, extracted from population registers. The analysis will be repeated on a yearly basis during the following 5 years.
Secondary outcome: The percentage of the target group, who, 30 days after discharge, reports at the alcohol treatment clinics.
A multiple regression model will be used. Since non-treated alcohol disorders generate a high number of societal costs annually for health care, social services, traffic accidents, criminal activities and lost productions we believe the Relay Model to be either cost-neutral or cost-effective, i.e. low net costs compared to effectiveness. We expect to establish evidence that the Relay Model is either cost-neutral or cost-effective, compared to referral by usual procedures.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Relay Model
AUDIT score 8+: Brief Motivational Intervention with alcohol therapist. AUDITscore16+:Brief Motivational Intervention and appointment at Alcohol Treatment Clinic
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Relay Model
The Clinical staff hand out and collect lifestyle - questionnaires to admitted patients, and screen by 10 alcohol questions (AUDIT) , and report score to outpatient Alcohol Clinic.
Based on the questionnaire that the patient filled out, the Alcohol therapist perform a brief Motivational Intervention on patients with an AUDIT score of 8+, focusing the patients alcohol consumption habits and offer an appointment to patients with an AUDIT score of 16+.
Usual Referral Procedure
Hospital staff refer patient to Alcohol Treatment Clinic according to usual procedure
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Relay Model
The Clinical staff hand out and collect lifestyle - questionnaires to admitted patients, and screen by 10 alcohol questions (AUDIT) , and report score to outpatient Alcohol Clinic.
Based on the questionnaire that the patient filled out, the Alcohol therapist perform a brief Motivational Intervention on patients with an AUDIT score of 8+, focusing the patients alcohol consumption habits and offer an appointment to patients with an AUDIT score of 16+.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Resident within the uptake area of the involved alcohol treatment centres
* Willing to participate in the study
* Cognitive and physical capable
Exclusion Criteria
* Psychotic
* Less than 18 years of age
* Hospitalized less than 24 hours
* Resident outside uptake areas
* Not consenting on participation in the study
* Cognitive and physical incapable
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Southern Denmark
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Kjeld Andersen
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Locations
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RESCueH alcohol Studies, Unit of Clinical Alcohol Research, Psyciatric Research Unit, Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark
Odense, , Denmark
Countries
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References
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Schwarz AS, Bilberg R, Bjerregaard L, Nielsen B, Sogaard J, Nielsen AS. Relay model for recruiting alcohol dependent patients in general hospitals--a single-blind pragmatic randomized trial. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Apr 14;16:132. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1376-8.
Other Identifiers
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RESCueH_Relay
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id