Phone Intervention for Alcohol (ETOH) Use in Emergency Department Motor Vehicle Crash (ED MVC) Patients (DIAL)

Lifespan

Status

Conditions

Alcoholic Intoxication

Wounds and Injuries

Treatments

Behavioral: Brief Telephone Counseling for risky aclohol use

Study type

Expanded Access

Funder types

Other

Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00457548

R49/CCR123228-03

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if a brief counseling intervention, delivered by telephone, is more effective than standard ED care, to reduce future alcohol related injuries and alcohol related negative consequences, among patients treated in the ED for injuries from an MVC and other injury mechanisms.

Full description

Alcohol related motor vehicle crashes (MVC) continue to be a substantial public health problem. Brief interventions for alcohol (BI) for injured ED patients have been demonstrated to be effective, and perhaps more so for MVC patients.

Telephone interventions have been utilized in varying ways in health care. We compared the delivery of two brief interventions by telephone against an assessment only condition. Participants who received the BI and the assessment only condition were contacted 3 and 12 months after recruitment. Data about alcohol use, injuries and high risk behaviors, including drinking and driving behaviors were collected at the 3 and 12 month follow-up assessments.

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria