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Patient Trajectories for Older Adults Admitted to Hospital for Alcohol-related Problems

NCT ID: NCT04164940

Last Updated: 2023-11-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-23

Study Completion Date

2030-12-31

Brief Summary

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Alcohol is contributing to many health problems and disorders, as well as accidents and social problems. Alcohol consumption has been on the rise the past 25 years, especially in Norway. The highest increase is found in older adults, in line with the development in most other countries in the western world. Older adults have a higher risk for alcohol related health problems, due to age related physiological changes, medical conditions and medications. Still, alcohol use is seldom addressed for older people. This means that older people rarely receive help to change alcohol habits.

Norwegian health authorities have issued mandates ordering the regional health trusts to implement strategies in somatic hospital wards, mental health services and drug treatment services to identify and treat alcohol and drug problems affecting the patients' health.

In this observational study we will explore patient trajectories three years prior to and three years after an admittance to hospital where risky or harmful alcohol consumption is identified and brief interventions are delivered. Hospitals that have implemented such strategies are invited to the study. Patient trajectories are studied in national health registries. This will provide important knowledge on what characterizes the patients identified, and what happens after they have received a brief intervention related to a hospital admittance.

Detailed Description

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This is a multi-centre registry study in Norwegian medical and surgical hospitals. The project is focusing on patients aged 60+, receiving an intervention for alcohol-related health problems in somatic hospital wards in one year, and without a previous history of referral or treatment in specialized health care for an alcohol or drug problem. Other age groups of adults will be used as control groups. The included patients will also be their own control group, where we compare registry data on the trajectories three years following the alcohol intervention with registry data from the three years preceding the intervention.

The recruited hospitals will have different strategies for identification of and interventions for alcohol-related health problems, and the choice of methods is thus outside of our control. All inhabitants in Norway are registered with a personal identification number. This individual identifier makes the linkage between the participants and the different registries possible. Data from these registries will enable the study of serious incidents, as well as of diagnoses, medications and other treatments, welfare and benefits, and causes of death. Data will be gathered three years retrospectively and 3 years prospectively, related to the index hospital stay where alcohol is addressed and a brief intervention is delivered.

Inclusion criteria for patients are age 21+, no previous treatment history for drug or alcohol problems in specialized health care, admitted to medical or surgical hospital ward, identified risky or harmful alcohol consumption, accepting an alcohol intervention and accepting study participation. Baseline data collected are AUDIT C, question no 10 from the full AUDIT and classification of alcohol consumption (risky or harmful). All other variables are extracted from the national health registries (reimbursement data from primary health care and secondary health care, prescription database, Cause of death registry, Norwegian Trauma Registry and social security data, marital status, professional status).

Conditions

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Alcohol Consumption Alcohol; Harmful Use Health Risk Behaviors Alcohol Dependence

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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Age 21-30

Patients aged 21-30 when admitted to hospital and receiving brief alcohol intervention

Brief alcohol intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Brief alcohol intervention already implemented in daily routine by the individual hospitals.

Age 31-40

Patients aged 31-40 when admitted to hospital and receiving brief alcohol intervention

Brief alcohol intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Brief alcohol intervention already implemented in daily routine by the individual hospitals.

Age 41-50

Patients aged 41-50 when admitted to hospital and receiving brief alcohol intervention

Brief alcohol intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Brief alcohol intervention already implemented in daily routine by the individual hospitals.

Age 51-60

Patients aged 51-60 when admitted to hospital and receiving brief alcohol intervention

Brief alcohol intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Brief alcohol intervention already implemented in daily routine by the individual hospitals.

Age 61-70

Patients aged 61-70 when admitted to hospital and receiving brief alcohol intervention

Brief alcohol intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Brief alcohol intervention already implemented in daily routine by the individual hospitals.

Age 71-80

Patients aged 71-80 when admitted to hospital and receiving brief alcohol intervention

Brief alcohol intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Brief alcohol intervention already implemented in daily routine by the individual hospitals.

Age 81 and older

Patients aged 81 and older when admitted to hospital and receiving brief alcohol intervention

Brief alcohol intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Brief alcohol intervention already implemented in daily routine by the individual hospitals.

Interventions

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Brief alcohol intervention

Brief alcohol intervention already implemented in daily routine by the individual hospitals.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 21 or older, no previous alcohol use disorder or substance use disorder, admitted to hospital which has implemented screening and brief alcohol intervention strategies, written consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* specialized treatment for alcohol use disorder og drug use disorder during the three years prior to recruitment
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Helse Vest

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Helse Fonna

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Helse Møre og Romsdal HF

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sorlandet Hospital HF

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Helse Sor-Ost

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Oslo University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vestre Viken Hospital Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Helse Stavanger HF

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Torgeir G Lid, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Helse Stavanger HF

Locations

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StavangerUH

Stavanger, , Norway

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Norway

Central Contacts

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Torgeir G Lid, MD PhD

Role: CONTACT

[email protected]
+47 48187477

Vendela M Husberg-Bru, MS

Role: CONTACT

[email protected]
+47 40541456

Facility Contacts

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Torgeir G Lid, MD PhD

Role: primary

[email protected]
+4748187477

Other Identifiers

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ID734

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id