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

Overview

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).

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: N/A
    • Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Treatment
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: June 2013

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.

Interventions

  • Behavioral: Web app
    • The Checkup and Choices web application

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Web app evaluation group

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Feasibility Questionnaire
    • Time Frame: 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.

Participating in This Clinical Trial

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.

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 21 Years

Maximum Age: 75 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP
  • Collaborator
    • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor

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