The Efficacy of Computerized Alcohol Screening and Intervention (CASI) in At-Risk Emergency Department and Trauma Patients (CASI)

The purpose of this research is to examine the effectiveness of computerized alcohol screening and brief intervention in the UC Irvine Medical Center Emergency Department (ED) and Trauma Patients. Brief interventions have a high potential impact in ED and Trauma populations. Computerized alcohol screening and brief intervention (CASI) is a fast and easy to use tool for patients and healthcare providers. CASI mitigates barriers to proper screening and intervention, including time, availability of trained personnel, patient comfort, and language barriers. CASI provides the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) followed by a brief intervention and customized alcohol intake recomendations for the patient.

The intervention of this study will be the addition of a brief CASI questionnaire to the standard of care for a random subset of subjects. All subjects who screen positive for hazardous alcohol use will be followed up and reassessed for alcohol use. The researchers hypothesize that the addition of CASI will lead to a decrease in alcohol intake within three months. The basis of this research is evidence of the effectiveness in the CASI system, the growing public health issue of alcohol abuse, the need to be able to provide effective screening and brief intervention in the high volume ED settings, and findings that the primary method to reduce traumatic death is prevention.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Alcohol Consumption
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: CASI

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 2114

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Orange, California, United States, 92868
      • UC Irvine Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Emergency Department

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older
• Trauma and ED patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under the age of 18
• Intoxicated
• Psychiatric

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Cohort
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
At Risk Adult Drinkers; CASI	Behavioral: CASI

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of California, Irvine

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention Research

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2015
• Study Completion: June 29, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 4, 2012
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 6, 2012
• First Posted (Estimate): September 7, 2012

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 26, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 24, 2017
• Last Verified: October 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Drinking Behavior; Alcohol Drinking
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2011-8155