Validating NIAAA's Brief Screening Guide in Youth With Chronic Medical Conditions
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Alcohol Related Disorders
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Enrollment
- 521
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- eGuide diagnosis of alcohol use disorder
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 8 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Alcohol use is a serious health threat to the 26% youth in the US with chronic medical conditions. While alcohol use can significantly impact an underlying illness and its safe/effective management, medical specialists rarely screen their adolescent patients for alcohol use. The investigators will validate a new, brief alcohol- screening tool with 9-18 year old youth with chronic medical conditions. Comprehensive assessment information will be collected and analyzed to describe relationships between youth alcohol use, other substance use, and chronic disease outcomes and findings integrated into the validated screen as actionable clinician guidance and health advice.
Investigators
Sharon Levy
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Boston Children's Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •9-18 years of age
- •duration of chronic illness of at least one year
- •ability to speak/read English and use a computer keyboard and/or complete an interviewer-assisted questionnaire
Exclusion Criteria
- •medically or emotionally unstable
- •unable to assent/consent
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
eGuide diagnosis of alcohol use disorder
Time Frame: Baseline
We will evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the eGuide to correctly identify the group of YCMC who have problem use/abuse or dependence, using the CIDI-SAM as the criterion standard.
Secondary Outcomes
- Correlation between The Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI)score and level of alcohol use(Baseline)
- Correlation of score on The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) with level of alcohol use(baseline)
- Correlation between score on the Asthma Control Test (ACT)and level of alcohol use(Baseline)
- Correlation of HgbA1c level with level of alcohol use(Baseline)