Routine Clinical Screening for Substance Use Disorders in the Emergency Room Setting

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01661465

Enrollment

9212

Registered

2012-08-09

Start date

2011-05-31

Completion date

2013-12-31

Last updated

2023-03-31

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Conditions

Substance Use

Brief summary

To ensure consistent documentation of alcohol and substance use, the emergency medicine is initiating a new standard of care for substance use screening: the use of a brief self-evaluation questionnaire on alcohol, tobacco and illicit substance use to be completed in triage. This questionnaire will allow emergency medicine patients presenting to the emergency room. This study will also review medical records after one year of the index emergency room visit to establish rates or re-presentation and hospitalization correlated with different substance use.

Detailed description

Screening for alcohol use and substances of abuse in the emergency and trauma settings is critical for both effective current treatment of the presenting clinical issue and prevention of future incidents. Identification, engagement and treatment of substance use disorders decreased trauma and emergency department visits and medical comorbidities (Bertholet et al., 2005; Kaner et al., 2007). To ensure consistent documentation of alcohol and substance use, the emergency medicine is initiating a new standard of care for substance use screening: the use of a brief self-evaluation questionnaire on alcohol, tobacco and illicit substance use to be completed in triage. This questionnaire will allow emergency medicine patients presenting to the emergency room. This research study will perform a chart review on all self-evaluation questionnaires on alcohol, tobacco and substance use to determine the prevalence of use of specific substances in this patient population and associated demographic predictors and medical comorbidities. This study will also review medical records after one year of the index emergency room visit to establish rates or re-presentation and hospitalization correlated with different substance use.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

19 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Able to complete a questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

* Younger than 19 Unable or unwilling to complete a self-assessment form written in English Prisoners

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Percent of subjects with re-presentation of drug or alcohol abuse 1 year after initial presentation to Emergency Department	baseline to 12 months

Countries

United States

Outcome results