Alcohol Brief Intervention Plus Personalized Mobile Chat-based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Misuse in an Emergency Department

NCT ID: NCT03823599

Last Updated: 2019-09-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-02-01
• Study Completion Date: 2019-05-30

Brief Summary

This project focuses on patients in AED. Objectives of this project are:

1. To examine the factors associated with alcohol drinking and alcohol use disorder

2. To examine the effect of face-to-face alcohol brief intervention on drinking reduction

3. To examine the effect of a continuous interactive chat-based intervention via "WhatsApp" on drinking reduction

4. To explore the perception of face-to-face alcohol brief intervention

5. To explore the perception of continuous interactive chat-based intervention via instant messaging mobile application "WhatsApp"

Detailed Description

According to the Department of Health, a local epidemiological study was conducted in 2001 and showed that about one in ten of all motor vehicle deaths were associated with alcohol consumption. Also, the statistics from the Transportation department showed that 874 vehicle accidents resulting in personal injury were related to alcohol misuse, which included 24 fatal cases between the period of 2000 and 2010. With the aforementioned statistics supported, the hospital Accident and Emergency Department (AED) serves as the most important entrance and safeguard to the healthcare system for the public, since victims of traffic accidents or violence related to heavy drinking are frequently encountered in AED, this serves as an ideal place for provision of initial alcohol intervention and further stabilization related to alcohol problem of patients. Although AED is a hectic environment with very high patients turnover, substantial evidence had shown feasibility and efficacy of Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) in reducing patients' subsequent alcohol drinking. In oversea, multiple research had been done to show ABI were effective and feasible for reducing alcohol misuse, but the effect was not long lasting and lead to subsequent relapse. In addition to this, no further trial has been done to investigate the feasibility of implementing an RCT on evaluating the effect of ABI and continuous chat-based intervention on reducing alcohol consumption among patients in AED in Hong Kong.

According to the WHO, the standard ABI approach includes: giving feedback and information about the screening result and hazard of drinking; emphasizing the benefits of quit drinking and informing about alcohol problems; setting goal on reducing alcohol consumption; reviewing advice and ; giving encouragement. In this pilot study, a brief alcohol counselling using face-to-face ABI will be delivered together with continuous interactive chat-based intervention via instant messaging mobile application "WhatsApp" to those patients with AUDIT score ≥ 8, who are considered to have hazardous and harmful drinking problems according to the guideline.

Conditions

Alcohol Use Disorder

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention group

Alcohol brief intervention+mobile chat-based instant messages

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile chat-based instant messages

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Subjects in the active arm study will receive 5-minute face-to-face ABI, alcohol leaflet from Department of Health (DH) plus continuous interactive chat-based intervention for 1 month as an extension of alcohol brief intervention at baseline

Alcohol brief intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The Control group will receive face-to-face ABI plus an alcohol leaflet from DH.

control group

Alcohol brief intervention

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Alcohol brief intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The Control group will receive face-to-face ABI plus an alcohol leaflet from DH.

Interventions

Mobile chat-based instant messages

Subjects in the active arm study will receive 5-minute face-to-face ABI, alcohol leaflet from Department of Health (DH) plus continuous interactive chat-based intervention for 1 month as an extension of alcohol brief intervention at baseline

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Alcohol brief intervention

The Control group will receive face-to-face ABI plus an alcohol leaflet from DH.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Hong Kong resident aged 18 to 65

2. scored ≥ 8 in the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) in the past 12 months

3. able to communicate in Cantonese (including reading Chinese)

4. using a phone with instant messaging mobile application "WhatsApp" installed for communication.

Exclusion Criteria

1. patients with communication barrier (either physically or cognitively)

2. currently participating in other alcohol treatment services or clinics

3. will be hospitalized immediate after A&E consultation

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

The University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr. Wang Man-Ping

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Man Ping Wang, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Hong Kong

Locations

School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Countries

Hong Kong

Other Identifiers

Pilot alcohol study (AED)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id