Addiction science & clinical practice
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Addict Sci Clin Pract · Jan 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyRandomized clinical trial of the effects of screening and brief intervention for illicit drug use: the Life Shift/Shift Gears study.
Although screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) has shown promise for alcohol use, relatively little is known about its effectiveness for adult illicit drug use. This randomized controlled trial assessed the effectiveness of the SBIRT approach for outcomes related to drug use among patients visiting trauma and emergency departments (EDs) at two large, urban hospitals. ⋯ In this randomized controlled trial, there was no evidence of effectiveness of SBIRT on the primary drug use outcome.