Symptom-Triggered Alcohol Withdrawal Management Delivered Over Telemedicine.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Alcohol use is one of the leading causes of death and disability globally; however, access to evidence-based care for alcohol use disorder (AUD) is limited. Although telemedicine-based interventions promise to expand treatment access, there are no validated telemedicine-based interventions for alcohol withdrawal management. In this single-arm study, we sought to determine the feasibility of delivering symptom-triggered alcohol withdrawal management over telemedicine.

Methods

Thirty actively drinking participants with AUD and a history of alcohol withdrawal were recruited to participate. Participants were scheduled for 3 days of symptom-triggered withdrawal management using the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol Scale Revised delivered by a traine

SUBMITTER: Sloan ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12352377 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature