Tailoring Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Medical ICU Survivors

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Unhealthy Alcohol Use

Alcohol Use Disorders

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02465177

13-3159

UL1TR001082 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Unhealthy alcohol use is present in up to 38% of the 4 million patients admitted to an American intensive care unit (ICU) each year in the US. Despite the high prevalence of unhealthy alcohol use in ICU survivors, routine interventions targeted at reducing alcohol consumption, alcohol-related consequences, and illness related to alcohol are not currently part of the multidisciplinary approach to critical care. Although screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) has been described in several healthcare settings, it fails to address common characteristics of medical ICU survivors including high rates of alcohol use disorders, cognitive dysfunction, psychiatric comorbidities, and intimate involvement of friends and family. This study uses a qualitative approach to further understand the needs of medical ICU survivors with unhealthy alcohol use. The investigators hypothesize that there are common, modifiable barriers to improving alcohol-related outcomes

Enrollment

28 estimated patients

Sex

Male

Ages

18 to 100 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria