Simon Coulton
Screening and brief interventions for hazardous alcohol use in accident and emergency departments: A randomised controlled trial protocol
Coulton, Simon; Perryman, Katherine; Bland, Martin; Cassidy, Paul; Crawford, Mike; Deluca, Paolo; Drummond, Colin; Gilvarry, Eilish; Godfrey, Christine; Heather, Nick; Kaner, Eileen; Myles, Judy; Newbury-Birch, Dorothy; Oyefeso, Adenekan; Parrott, Steve; Phillips, Tom; Shenker, Don; Shepherd, Jonathan
Authors
Katherine Perryman
Martin Bland
Paul Cassidy
Mike Crawford
Paolo Deluca
Colin Drummond
Eilish Gilvarry
Christine Godfrey
Nick Heather
Eileen Kaner
Judy Myles
Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Adenekan Oyefeso
Steve Parrott
Professor Thomas Phillips Thomas.Phillips@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Nursing (Addictions)
Don Shenker
Jonathan Shepherd
Abstract
Background. There is a wealth of evidence regarding the detrimental impact of excessive alcohol consumption on the physical, psychological and social health of the population. There also exists a substantial evidence base for the efficacy of brief interventions aimed at reducing alcohol consumption across a range of healthcare settings. Primary research conducted in emergency departments has reinforced the current evidence regarding the potential effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Within this body of evidence there is marked variation in the intensity of brief intervention delivered, from very minimal interventions to more intensive behavioural or lifestyle counselling approaches. Further the majority of primary research has been conducted in single centre and there is little evidence of the wider issues of generalisability and implementation of brief interventions across emergency departments. Methods/design. The study design is a prospective pragmatic factorial cluster randomised controlled trial. Individual Emergency Departments (ED) (n = 9) are randomised with equal probability to a combination of screening tool (M-SASQ vs FAST vs SIPS-PAT) and an intervention (Minimal intervention vs Brief advice vs Brief lifestyle counselling). The primary hypothesis is that brief lifestyle counselling delivered by an Alcohol Health Worker (AHW) is more effective than Brief Advice or a minimal intervention delivered by ED staff. Secondary hypotheses address whether short screening instruments are more acceptable and as efficient as longer screening instruments and the cost-effectiveness of screening and brief interventions in ED. Individual participants will be followed up at 6 and 12 months after consent. The primary outcome measure is performance using a gold-standard screening test (AUDIT). Secondary outcomes include; quantity and frequency of alcohol consumed, alcohol-related problems, motivation to change, health related quality of life and service utilisation. Discussion. This paper presents a protocol for a large multi-centre pragmatic factorial cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening and brief interventions for hazardous alcohol users attending emergency departments. Trial Registration. ISRCTN 93681536. © 2009 Coulton et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Citation
Coulton, S., Perryman, K., Bland, M., Cassidy, P., Crawford, M., Deluca, P., …Shepherd, J. (2009). Screening and brief interventions for hazardous alcohol use in accident and emergency departments: A randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC health services research, 9(1), Article 114. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-114
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 3, 2009 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 3, 2009 |
Publication Date | 2009-12 |
Deposit Date | Jun 8, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 23, 2018 |
Journal | BMC Health Services Research |
Print ISSN | 1472-6963 |
Electronic ISSN | 1472-6963 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 114 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-9-114 |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/751110 |
Publisher URL | https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6963-9-114 |
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