CompletedNot Applicable

Screening and Educating Emergency Department Attendees on Health-risk Behaviours

Hong Kong150 participantsStarted 2023-02-20

Plain-language summary

Aim: To determine the feasibility and potential efficacy of a proactive approach using a brief self-determination theory-based intervention to help people attending the ED modify their health-risk behaviours and lead healthier lives. Objectives 1. To assess the recruitment, participation and retention rates of targeted participants in an emergency department 2. To ascertain the feasibility of screening, recruiting and educating people to change health-risk behaviours in the emergency department

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * (1) age ≥18 years, * (2) triage as semi-urgent (level 4) or non-urgent (level 5), and * (3) the presence of at least one health risk behaviour (tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity) Exclusion Criteria: * (1) poor cognitive state or mental illness and * (2) participation in another related study

What they're measuring

Feasibility of the study

Timeframe: at baseline

Feasibility of the study

Timeframe: 3 months

Feasibility of the study

Timeframe: 6 months

Feasibility of the study

Timeframe: 12 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05680519

SponsorChinese University of Hong Kong

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-08-31

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