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Computerized Screening and Brief Physician Advice to Reduce Teen Drinking

Not Applicable
Withdrawn
Conditions
Alcohol Abuse
Risk Behavior
Registration Number
NCT00849589
Lead Sponsor
Boston Children's Hospital
Brief 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).

Detailed Description

The specific aims of the proposed multisite RCT are:

1. To establish the efficacy of the computerized SBA protocol on alcohol use, on DWI/RWID, and other alcohol-related health risk behaviors;

2. To test the effect of Technological Extenders (TE) on prolonging the beneficial effects of the SBA protocol;

3. To identify moderators, mediators, and optimal responders to the SBA/TE interventions;

4. To examine the association between cessation of underage drinking and other health-risk behaviors in an adolescent primary care sample.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • 12-21 years old
  • patients arriving for routine medical care
  • provide informed assent (for those <18) or informed consent (for those 18-21)
Exclusion Criteria
  • medically or psychologically unstable at time of visit
  • receiving behavioral health services
  • cannot read or understand English at a 6th grade reading level
  • unavailable for follow-up assessments

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Initiation of underage drinkingBaseline, 3-months, 6-months, 12-months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cessation of underage drinkingBaseline, 3-months, 6-months, 12-months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital Boston

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Children's Hospital Boston
🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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