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Healthy Living as You Age

NCT00379093 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 631

Last updated 2009-07-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Older persons who drink can be vulnerable to negative consequences of drinking. This trial aims to prevent harm from alcohol use in older adults through a program of screening and brief advice followed up with several health education phone calls.

Conditions

  • Alcohol Related Disorders
  • Alcohol Drug Interactions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief advice

The intervention will have the following components: A) At the time of the recruitment visit, all intervention group patients will receive: * A personalized risk report; * An educational booklet titled "Healthy Drinking as You Age"; * A drinking diary; * Brief advice to reduce their drinking by their physicians; B) After the recruitment visit, all intervention group patients will receive up to 3 telephone calls from a health educator. After each call, intervention group patients may choose to receive a letter updating their health risks. Also, at the conclusion of their interaction with the health educator, they may choose to have a letter summarizing the calls sent to their physician.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH · UCLA DOM-Geriatrics

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-08-31
Primary Completion
2007-04-30
Completion
2008-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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