HIV Testing and Brief Alcohol Intervention for Young Drinkers in the Emergency Department

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Consumption; Sexual Risk Behaviors

Treatments: Behavioral: Counseling intervention with rapid HIV testing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01573065

0906005270

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a brief counseling intervention coupled with rapid HIV testing was feasible and effective at decreasing alcohol consumption and sexual risk behaviors among young, unhealthy drinkers presenting to the Emergency Department.

Enrollment: 85 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-40 years old;
• engaged in at least one sexual risk behavior in past 90 days;
• alcohol consumption greater than NIAAA guidelines for at-risk drinking;
• unknown or negative HIV status and willing to be tested;
• able to provide contact information for follow-up;
• able to provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• known HIV positive status;
• medically or psychiatrically unstable.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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85 participants in 1 patient group

Single arm

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Counseling intervention with rapid HIV testing