Brief intervention for patients with problematic drug use presenting in emergency departments: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medical treatment settings such as emergency departments (EDs) present important opportunities to address problematic substance use. Currently, EDs do not typically intervene beyond acute medical stabilization.

Objective

To contrast the effects of a brief intervention with telephone boosters (BI-B) with those of screening, assessment, and referral to treatment (SAR) and minimal screening only (MSO) among drug-using ED patients.

Design, setting, and participants

Between October 2010 and February 2012, 1285 adult ED patients from 6 US academic hospitals, who scored 3 or greater on the 10-item Drug Abuse Screening Test (indicating moderate to severe problems related to drug use) and who were currently using drugs, were randomized to MSO (n = 431), SAR (n = 427

SUBMITTER: Bogenschutz MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4238921 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature