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Online Education to Inform the Elderly About Age-related Alcohol Risks

NCT02952495 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2018-01-10

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Summary

This proposed Phase 2 The Small Business Innovation Research study is a randomized trial of the effectiveness of "A Toast to Health in Later Life!" a web-based patient educational program designed to prevent hazardous and harmful drinking in older adults. The project's specific objectives are to

1. provide reliable information on the extent to which "A Toast to Health in Later Life!" reduces alcohol-related risks and problems among older patients who drink and
2. evaluate the extent to which these reductions are associated with increases in health-related quality of life, patient knowledge and self-efficacy and decreases in the use of health services and the costs of care.

Conditions

  • Alcohol Consumption
  • Drug-Food Interaction

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online alcohol educational class

Participants will be asked to review an online alcohol education class. This is a web-based patient educational program designed to prevent hazardous and harmful drinking in older adults. The project's specific objectives are to 1) provide reliable information on the extent to which "A Toast to Health in Later Life!" reduces alcohol-related risks and problems among older patients who drink and 2) evaluate the extent to which these reductions are associated with increases in health-related quality of life, patient knowledge and self-efficacy and decreases in the use of health services and the costs of care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Southern California

    collaborator OTHER

  • Arlene Fink Associates

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Arlene Fink · Arlene Fink Associates

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2018-08-31
Completion
2018-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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