The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial.
<h4>Background</h4>Alcohol misuse is common in people attending emergency departments (EDs) and there is some evidence of efficacy of alcohol screening and brief interventions (SBI). This study investigated the effectiveness of SBI approaches of different intensities delivered by ED staf...
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| author | Colin Drummond Paolo Deluca Simon Coulton Martin Bland Paul Cassidy Mike Crawford Veronica Dale Eilish Gilvarry Christine Godfrey Nick Heather Ruth McGovern Judy Myles Dorothy Newbury-Birch Adenekan Oyefeso Steve Parrott Robert Patton Katherine Perryman Tom Phillips Jonathan Shepherd Robin Touquet Eileen Kaner |
| author_facet | Colin Drummond Paolo Deluca Simon Coulton Martin Bland Paul Cassidy Mike Crawford Veronica Dale Eilish Gilvarry Christine Godfrey Nick Heather Ruth McGovern Judy Myles Dorothy Newbury-Birch Adenekan Oyefeso Steve Parrott Robert Patton Katherine Perryman Tom Phillips Jonathan Shepherd Robin Touquet Eileen Kaner |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Alcohol misuse is common in people attending emergency departments (EDs) and there is some evidence of efficacy of alcohol screening and brief interventions (SBI). This study investigated the effectiveness of SBI approaches of different intensities delivered by ED staff in nine typical EDs in England: the SIPS ED trial.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Pragmatic multicentre cluster randomized controlled trial of SBI for hazardous and harmful drinkers presenting to ED. Nine EDs were randomized to three conditions: a patient information leaflet (PIL), 5 minutes of brief advice (BA), and referral to an alcohol health worker who provided 20 minutes of brief lifestyle counseling (BLC). The primary outcome measure was the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) status at 6 months. Of 5899 patients aged 18 or more presenting to EDs, 3737 (63·3%) were eligible to participate and 1497 (40·1%) screened positive for hazardous or harmful drinking, of whom 1204 (80·4%) gave consent to participate in the trial. Follow up rates were 72% (n = 863) at six, and 67% (n = 810) at 12 months. There was no evidence of any differences between intervention conditions for AUDIT status or any other outcome measures at months 6 or 12 in an intention to treat analysis. At month 6, compared to the PIL group, the odds ratio of being AUDIT negative for brief advice was 1·103 (95% CI 0·328 to 3·715). The odds ratio comparing BLC to PIL was 1·247 (95% CI 0·315 to 4·939). A per protocol analysis confirmed these findings.<h4>Conclusions</h4>SBI is difficult to implement in typical EDs. The results do not support widespread implementation of alcohol SBI in ED beyond screening followed by simple clinical feedback and alcohol information, which is likely to be easier and less expensive to implement than more complex interventions.<h4>Trial registration</h4>Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN 93681536. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b514067e509f40b399e474ec23d33fcb2025-08-20T02:34:07ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0196e9946310.1371/journal.pone.0099463The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial.Colin DrummondPaolo DelucaSimon CoultonMartin BlandPaul CassidyMike CrawfordVeronica DaleEilish GilvarryChristine GodfreyNick HeatherRuth McGovernJudy MylesDorothy Newbury-BirchAdenekan OyefesoSteve ParrottRobert PattonKatherine PerrymanTom PhillipsJonathan ShepherdRobin TouquetEileen Kaner<h4>Background</h4>Alcohol misuse is common in people attending emergency departments (EDs) and there is some evidence of efficacy of alcohol screening and brief interventions (SBI). This study investigated the effectiveness of SBI approaches of different intensities delivered by ED staff in nine typical EDs in England: the SIPS ED trial.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Pragmatic multicentre cluster randomized controlled trial of SBI for hazardous and harmful drinkers presenting to ED. Nine EDs were randomized to three conditions: a patient information leaflet (PIL), 5 minutes of brief advice (BA), and referral to an alcohol health worker who provided 20 minutes of brief lifestyle counseling (BLC). The primary outcome measure was the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) status at 6 months. Of 5899 patients aged 18 or more presenting to EDs, 3737 (63·3%) were eligible to participate and 1497 (40·1%) screened positive for hazardous or harmful drinking, of whom 1204 (80·4%) gave consent to participate in the trial. Follow up rates were 72% (n = 863) at six, and 67% (n = 810) at 12 months. There was no evidence of any differences between intervention conditions for AUDIT status or any other outcome measures at months 6 or 12 in an intention to treat analysis. At month 6, compared to the PIL group, the odds ratio of being AUDIT negative for brief advice was 1·103 (95% CI 0·328 to 3·715). The odds ratio comparing BLC to PIL was 1·247 (95% CI 0·315 to 4·939). A per protocol analysis confirmed these findings.<h4>Conclusions</h4>SBI is difficult to implement in typical EDs. The results do not support widespread implementation of alcohol SBI in ED beyond screening followed by simple clinical feedback and alcohol information, which is likely to be easier and less expensive to implement than more complex interventions.<h4>Trial registration</h4>Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN 93681536.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099463 |
| spellingShingle | Colin Drummond Paolo Deluca Simon Coulton Martin Bland Paul Cassidy Mike Crawford Veronica Dale Eilish Gilvarry Christine Godfrey Nick Heather Ruth McGovern Judy Myles Dorothy Newbury-Birch Adenekan Oyefeso Steve Parrott Robert Patton Katherine Perryman Tom Phillips Jonathan Shepherd Robin Touquet Eileen Kaner The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE |
| title | The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. |
| title_full | The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. |
| title_fullStr | The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. |
| title_short | The effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments: a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. |
| title_sort | effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency departments a multicentre pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099463 |
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