A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Intervention to Reduce Drinking in the Trauma Care Setting
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study designs: Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Trial
Abstract: In Brief Objective: Determine the efficacy of 3 brief intervention strategies that address heavy drinking among injured patients. Background: The content or structure of brief interventions most effective at reducing alcohol misuse after traumatic injury is not known. Methods: Injured patients from 3 trauma centers were screened for heavy drinking and randomly assigned to brief advice (n = 200), brief motivational intervention (BMI) (n = 203), or BMI plus a telephone booster using personalized feedback or BMI + B (n = 193). Among those randomly assigned, 57% met criteria for moderate to severe alcohol problems. The primary drinking outcomes were assessed at 3, 6, and 12 months. Results: Compared with brief advice and BMI, BMI + B showed significant reductions in the number of standard drinks consumed per week at 3 (Δ adjusted means: −1.22, 95% confidence interval [CI]: −0.99, approximately −1.49, P = 0.01) and 6 months (Δ adjusted means: −1.42, 95% CI: −1.14, approximately −1.76, P = 0.02), percent days of heavy drinking at 6 months (Δ adjusted means: −5.90, 95% CI: −11.40, approximately −0.40, P = 0.04), maximum number of standard drinks consumed in 1 day at 3 (Δ adjusted means: −1.38, 95% CI: −1.18, approximately −1.62, P = 0.003) and 12 months (Δ adjusted means: −1.71, 95% CI: −1.47, approximately −1.99, P = 0.02), and number of standard drinks consumed per drinking day at 3 (Δ adjusted means: −1.49, 95% CI: −1.35, approximately −1.65, P = 0.002) and 6 months (Δ adjusted means: −1.28, 95% CI: −1.17, approximately −1.40, P = 0.01). Conclusions: Brief interventions based on motivational interviewing with a telephone booster using personalized feedback were most effective at achieving reductions in alcohol intake across the 3 trauma centers. This multisite randomized clinical trial examines the type and intensity of brief interventions that most effectively reduce drinking among drinkers admitted to level I trauma centers. Interventions based on motivational interviewing involving a single session with a telephone booster using personalized feedback were found to be most effective.
Source: Annals of Surgery
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2171927467