Project SHARE (Senior Health and Alcohol Risk Education)

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Alcohol Consumption

In brief

Older adults become more sensitive to alcohol, and alcohol also interacts adversely with their common medical conditions and medications. The aim of Project SHARE (Senior Health and Alcohol Risk Education) is to see whether patient and provider education can decrease risky alcohol use and reduce health care costs in persons 60 years of age and older.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00107640

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

1186

Starts

2005-05-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-14

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 60 and over
• At-risk drinkers
• Patient of participating physician

You may not qualify if…

• Severe cognitive impairment
• Terminally ill or deceased
• Expected to move out of area or into nursing home within following year
• Could not fill out written surveys in English
• Likely dependent drinker

Where it is running

• Sansum-Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinics — Santa Barbara, California, United States

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