A Controlled Trial of Brief Intervention Versus Brief Advice for At-Risk Drinking Trauma Center Patients

ument that preinjury alcohol use is asso-ciated with all modes of injury requiring treatment in a trauma center, with 25 % to 50 % or more of patients testing positive for alcohol at the time of admission. There is evidence that in trauma patients unad-dressed alcohol use problems result in re-current injury requiring readmission to a trauma center and/or death. Methods: A randomized clinical trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness of two types of brief interventions to re-duce drinking and the consequences of drinking. Trauma patients defined as at-risk alcohol users (n 497) were ran