Healthy Living as You Age

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

631

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2003

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2007

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2008

Conditions
Alcohol Related DisordersAlcohol Drug Interactions
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

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."

Trial Locations (1)

90024

UCLA Department of Medicine, Geriatrics Research Center, Los Angeles

All Listed Sponsors
lead

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

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