A brief intervention reduces hazardous and harmful drinking in emergency department patients.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Brief interventions have been shown to reduce alcohol use and improve outcomes in hazardous and harmful drinkers, but evidence to support their use in emergency department (ED) patients is limited. The use of research assessments in studies of brief interventions may contribute to uncertainty about their effectiveness. Therefore we seek to determine (1) if an emergency practitioner-performed Brief Negotiation Interview or a Brief Negotiation Interview with a booster reduces alcohol consumption compared with standard care; and (2) the impact of research assessments on drinking outcomes using a standard care-no-assessment group.

Methods

We randomized 889 adult ED patients with hazardous and harmful drinking. A total of 740 received an emergency practitioner-per

SUBMITTER: D'Onofrio G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3811141 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature