A Web App for Patients With Alcohol and Drug Use Problems in Primary Care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Alcohol Abuse; Drug Abuse
• Interventions: Behavioral: Web app

• Registration Number: NCT01830114
• Lead Sponsor: Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP

Brief Summary

The objective of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and technical merit of a web application for patients in primary care called Check-up and Choices (CC).

Detailed Description

The overall objective of this project is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a web application called Check-up and Choices (CC). CC will be developed for use in primary care. It would tightly integrate screening for heavy drinking and drug use, a brief motivational intervention for hazardous or heavy drinkers, a moderation training protocol for less dependent problem drinkers, and an abstinence-oriented protocol for more dependent drinkers and drug abusers. The brief motivational intervention will be tailored to the patient's age. Its purpose will be to motivate problem drinkers to change their drinking. The action-oriented moderation and abstinence protocols are cognitive-behavioral interventions (CBIs) that provide patients with the skills to maximize their chances of success with changing their drinking and/or drug use.

The investigators have already developed these elements but they are not integrated into a single program with appropriate branching between them. Nor has the content been tailored for use in primary care.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-04
• Study First Submitted: 2013-04-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-04-11
• Study First Posted: 2013-04-12
• Status Verified: 2013-06
• Primary Completion: 2013-06
• Study Completion: 2013-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-06-13
• Last Update Posted: 2013-06-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• physicians,
• nurses,
• nurse practitioners,
• physician's assistants,
• psychologists embedded in primary care settings, and
• other mental health counselors embedded in primary care settings.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Web app evaluation group	Web app	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility Questionnaire	Within 1 month of enrollment with an expected average of 1 week..	A 17 item questionnaire that asks about the feasibility of using the web app with patients in primary care and the app's technical merit.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Behavior Therapy Associates, LLC; 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States