The impact of eScreening on AUDIT-C questionnaire completion rates

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Conditions: Completion of an eScreening AUDIT-C questionnaire to Veterans before an upcoming visit among Veterans who are due for an AUDIT-C screening at the VA Puget Sound
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Registration Number: ISRCTN16316660

Lead Sponsor: VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Ongoing

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 1300

Inclusion Criteria

1. All Veterans assigned to a primary care provider at the VA Puget Sound as of November 1, 2023, with an upcoming visit (index trial visit)
2. Upcoming visits must be telephone, VVC, or face-to-face.
3. Eligible Veterans must have an AUDIT-C reminder due (no AUDIT-C completed in 12 months before the index trial visit).

Exclusion Criteria

Providers will be identified via an audited list of Primary Care providers from Seattle and American lake.
1. Providers will be excluded if they had a total FTE across all their teams less than 0.3 and are not on a team of type (GERI, *H*, SCI, ,VPACT or HBPC).
2. Providers will be excluded if they participated in a trial test of BHL rollout.
3. Providers will be excluded that had less than 1 patient visit during study timeframe.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Alcohol screenings (%) measured using AUDIT-C survey completion at 1 day post-visit, among patients due for screening with a virtual or telephone visit encounter

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion (%) patients screening positive (score >/= 5 on AUDIT-C survey) among patients with completed surveys at 1 day post-visit from virtual or telephone visit encounter