Brief intervention for hazardous and harmful drinkers in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

To determine the efficacy of emergency practitioner-performed brief intervention for hazardous/harmful drinkers in reducing alcohol consumption and negative consequences in an emergency department (ED) setting.

Methods

A randomized clinical trial (Project ED Health) was conducted in an urban ED from May 2002 to November 2003 for hazardous/harmful drinkers. Patients 18 years or older who screened above National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism guidelines for "low-risk" drinking or presented with an injury in the setting of alcohol ingestion were eligible. The mean number of drinks per week and binge-drinking episodes during the past 30 days were collected at 6 and 12 months; negative consequences and use of treatment services, at 12 months. A Brief N

SUBMITTER: D'Onofrio G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2819119 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature