631
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2003
Primary Completion Date
April 30, 2007
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2008
Brief advice
"The intervention will have the following components:~A) At the time of the recruitment visit, all intervention group patients will receive:~* A personalized risk report;~* An educational booklet titled Healthy Drinking as You Age;~* A drinking diary;~* Brief advice to reduce their drinking by their physicians;~B) After the recruitment visit, all intervention group patients will receive up to 3 telephone calls from a health educator. After each call, intervention group patients may choose to receive a letter updating their health risks.~Also, at the conclusion of their interaction with the health educator, they may choose to have a letter summarizing the calls sent to their physician."
UCLA Department of Medicine, Geriatrics Research Center, Los Angeles
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
NIH