Clinical Trial: Brief Intervention to Reduce Injury in Minorities
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Brief Intervention to Reduce Injury in Minorities
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and ethnic differences of a brief alcohol intervention for injured patients.
Detailed Summary:
Injuries are not isolated events or one time occurrences and injury has been identified as an important public health problem. Among the risk factors associated with injury and injury recidivism, the most widely recognized is alcohol use with approximately 50% of all injuries associated with alcohol. In general, alcohol use and drinking patterns vary by ethnicity, with frequent heavy drinking and associated problems more common among Blacks and Hispanics. Blacks, in general, suffer a disproportionate level of alcohol problems, despite having higher rates of abstention than Whites and Hispanics. Hispanics also generally suffer more alcohol-related problems than whites. Overall, injury recidivism is higher among poorer, minority populations and among individuals who abuse alcohol. The efficacy of brief alcohol interventions in the emergency care setting such as hospital emergency departments and trauma care centers is a relatively new area of research. Brief alcohol interventions appear to reduce alcohol intake and rates of injury following hospitalization; however, there is a need to evaluate the efficacy of these brief interventions in various ethnic groups. The proposed research involves a randomized controlled trial of a brief alcohol intervention based upon motivational interviewing and harm reduction to reduce alcohol consumption and injury following admission to an emergency room or trauma department for treatment of an injury. The primary aim of the proposed project is to determine the efficacy of this intervention as applied in the trauma care and emergency room setting among Whites, Blacks and Hispanics. The three outcomes of interest include:
- alcohol consumption as measured by number of standard drinks consumed per week and
- frequency of drinking five or more drinks per occasion engagement in injur
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Current Primary Outcome:
- alcohol intake [ Time Frame: six months and one year ]
- injury recidivism [ Time Frame: six months and one year ]
Original Primary Outcome:
- alcohol intake
- injury recidivism
Current Secondary Outcome:
- alcohol problems [ Time Frame: six months and one year ]
- injury related risk behaviors [ Time Frame: 6 months and one year ]
Original Secondary Outcome:
- alcohol problems
- injury related risk behaviors
Information By: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Dates:
Date Received: August 16, 2005
Date Started: May 2003
Date Completion:
Last Updated: January 29, 2013
Last Verified: January 2013
