The Connect Trial: Connecting Hospital Patients to Alcohol Care

The Connect Trial: Connecting Hospital Patients to Alcohol Care - a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial

The main objective of this pilot study is to assess feasibility of conducting a definitive RCT with concealed allocation, blinded outcome assessment and a 1:1 parallel group design of A) an invitation to meet an AUD therapist for up to 10 treatment sessions at the hospital in up to 6 months (intervention) compared to B) guidance on how to seek alcohol care in an AUD treatment centre in the community, outside of the hospital (control).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hospitalised or seen in an outpatient clinic at SUH Køge
• Full-filling international classification of disease version 10: F102: alcohol dependence or F101: harmful alcohol use
• Informed written consent
• Being able to meet the AUD therapist in connection with a hospital visit with a health condition wholly or partly attributable to alcohol

Exclusion Criteria:

• Ongoing specialized treatment for AUD
• Not speaking Danish
• Not living in the catchment area of Zealand University hospital
• Age < 18 years
• Enrolled in the Zealand alcohol-related liver disease cohort study