Brief Alcohol Treatment for Women Veterans in Primary Care
This study is testing a new approach called "Brief, Integrated Intervention for Women Veterans with Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care" to help women Veterans manage unhealthy alcohol use. This intervention involves 4-6 short appointments with a behavioral health provider in a primary care setting. Researchers want to see if this new treatment is practical and helpful in reducing alcohol use, related problems, and improving quality of life, compared to the usual care you might receive. You may be eligible if you are a woman Veteran, have had a primary care appointment in the past year, and have unhealthy alcohol use (AUDIT score of 7 or higher). The study aims to enroll 70 participants, but its current status is unclear.
- Study design
- This study is an interventional pilot randomized controlled trial, meaning participants will be assigned to either the new treatment or usual care. It plans to enroll 70 participants.
- What's involved
- Participants in the new treatment group will have 4-6 30-minute behavioral health appointments. The study will track changes from the start of treatment up to 6 months afterward.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 6 months after treatment to assess changes in quality of life, alcohol-related problems, and functional impairment.
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Brief Alcohol Treatment for Women Veterans in Primary Care
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Katherine A Buckheit, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Veterans Health Research Institute of Central New York, Inc.
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What this trial measures
- Change in self-reported quality of life from baseline to 6-months post-treatmentFrom baseline to 6 months post-treatment
Quality of life will be assessed by the abbreviated World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL-BREF), a 26-item self-report measure of QoL in the past 2 weeks in 4 areas (social, physical, psychological, and environment) on a 1-5 scale.
- Change in self-reported alcohol-related problems from baseline to 6 months post-treatmentFrom baseline to 6 months post-treatment
Alcohol problems will be assessed by the Short Inventory of Problems-Revised (SIP-R)147, a 17-item self-report measure of frequency of alcohol problems on a 0-3 scale.
- Change in self-reported alcohol-related functional impairment from baseline to 6 months post-treatmentBaseline to 6 months post-treatment
Alcohol-specific functional impairment will be assessed by the Addiction Severity Index - Lite, a semi-structured interview developed among Veterans in substance use treatment that assesses alcohol and drug use and problems and 5 areas of functioning: medical, legal, psychiatric, employment, and family/social
- Feasibility - average session lengthFor the duration of the intervention period, 8-12 weeks post-baseline.
Length of sessions in the experimental condition will be measured to test if the average is within guidelines for integrated primary care treatment (30 minutes maximum).
- Intervention fidelityFor the duration of the intervention period, 8-12 weeks post-baseline.
An independent rater will listen to session tapes and record if each essential element was delivered on a checklist.
- Self-reported patient acceptability of the experimental interventionAfter completing the behavioral health treatment, 8-12 weeks post-baseline.
Patient acceptability will be assessed with the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ), an 8-item self-report measure. Acceptability ratings of at least "moderate" on the majority (5/8) of items on the CSQ will be considered acceptable.