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Computerized Screening and Brief Physician Advice to Reduce Teen Drinking

NCT00849589 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2016-10-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this project is to adapt a computerized Screening and Brief Advice (SBA) protocol that has demonstrated efficacy in reducing underage drinking among adolescent primary care patients and then to test it in a multi-site randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Conditions

  • Alcohol Abuse
  • Risk Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Computerized screening and brief physician advice

Participants complete screening for alcohol use and other health risk behaviors on the computer, receive some related health information on the computer, and meet with a primary care provider for a short discussion of health risk behaviors

BEHAVIORAL

Computerized SBA with technological extenders

Participants complete screening for alcohol use and other health risk behaviors on the computer, receive some related health information on the computer, and meet with a primary care provider for a short discussion of health risk behaviors. In addition, the provider sends them a brief email or text message at 4 months and 9 months after study entry to reinforce the brief advice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cambridge Health Alliance

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Fallon Clinic

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Tufts Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Vermont

    collaborator OTHER

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John R. Knight, MD · Boston Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-01-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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