TY - JOUR
T1 - Disseminating alcohol screening and brief intervention at trauma centers
T2 - A policy-relevant cluster randomized effectiveness trial
AU - Zatzick, Douglas
AU - Donovan, Dennis M.
AU - Jurkovich, Gregory
AU - Gentilello, Larry
AU - Dunn, Chris
AU - Russo, Joan
AU - Wang, Jin
AU - Zatzick, Christopher D.
AU - Love, Jeff
AU - Mcfadden, Collin
AU - Rivara, Frederick P.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Background and Aims: In 2005 the American College of Surgeons passed a mandate requiring that level I trauma centers have mechanisms to identify and intervene with problem drinkers. The aim of this investigation was to determine if a multi-level trauma center intervention targeting both providers and patients would lead to higher-quality alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) when compared with trauma center mandate compliance without implementation enhancements. Design: Cluster randomized trial in which intervention site (site n=10, patient n=409) providers received 1-day workshop training on evidence-based motivational interviewing (MI) alcohol interventions and four 30-minute feedback and coaching sessions; control sites (site n=10, patient n=469) implemented the mandate without study team training enhancements. Setting: Trauma centers in the United States of America. Participants: A total of 878 blood alcohol-positive in-patients with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI). Measurements: MI skills of providers were assessed with fidelity coded standardized patient interviews. All patients were interviewed at baseline and 6- and 12-months post-injury with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Findings: Intervention site providers consistently demonstrated enhanced MI skills compared with control providers. Intervention patients demonstrated an 8% reduction in AUDIT hazardous drinking relative to controls over the course of the year after injury (relative risk=0.88, 95%, confidence interval=0.79, 0.98). Intervention patients were more likely to demonstrate improvements in alcohol use problems in the absence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) (P=0.002). Conclusion: Trauma center providers can be trained to deliver higher-quality alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) than untrained providers, which is associated with modest reductions in alcohol use problems, particularly among patients without TBI.
AB - Background and Aims: In 2005 the American College of Surgeons passed a mandate requiring that level I trauma centers have mechanisms to identify and intervene with problem drinkers. The aim of this investigation was to determine if a multi-level trauma center intervention targeting both providers and patients would lead to higher-quality alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) when compared with trauma center mandate compliance without implementation enhancements. Design: Cluster randomized trial in which intervention site (site n=10, patient n=409) providers received 1-day workshop training on evidence-based motivational interviewing (MI) alcohol interventions and four 30-minute feedback and coaching sessions; control sites (site n=10, patient n=469) implemented the mandate without study team training enhancements. Setting: Trauma centers in the United States of America. Participants: A total of 878 blood alcohol-positive in-patients with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI). Measurements: MI skills of providers were assessed with fidelity coded standardized patient interviews. All patients were interviewed at baseline and 6- and 12-months post-injury with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Findings: Intervention site providers consistently demonstrated enhanced MI skills compared with control providers. Intervention patients demonstrated an 8% reduction in AUDIT hazardous drinking relative to controls over the course of the year after injury (relative risk=0.88, 95%, confidence interval=0.79, 0.98). Intervention patients were more likely to demonstrate improvements in alcohol use problems in the absence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) (P=0.002). Conclusion: Trauma center providers can be trained to deliver higher-quality alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI) than untrained providers, which is associated with modest reductions in alcohol use problems, particularly among patients without TBI.
KW - Alcohol
KW - American College of Surgeons
KW - Dissemination and implementation research
KW - Motivational interviewing
KW - Policy mandate
KW - Screening and brief intervention
KW - Traumatic brain injury
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U2 - 10.1111/add.12492
DO - 10.1111/add.12492
M3 - Article
C2 - 24450612
AN - SCOPUS:84898045783
SN - 0965-2140
VL - 109
SP - 754
EP - 765
JO - Addiction
JF - Addiction
IS - 5
ER -