Computer Adaptation of Screening, Brief MET Intervention to Reduce Teen Drinking

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Alcohol Abuse, Tobacco Use Disorder, Substance Use

In brief

The goal of this project is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effect size of a new computerized Motivational Enhancement Therapy (cMET) intervention for alcohol-involved adolescents in primary care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01881841

Run by

Boston Children's Hospital

People needed

150

Starts

2015-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-20

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 14- to 20- yr-olds
• arriving for routine care to one of our participating pediatric practices (Lexington Pediatrics, Lexington, MA; East Boston Community Health Center, Longwood Pediatrics, Tufts Medical Center Adolescent Clinic, Boston, MA; Cambridge Health Alliance Dept. of Pediatrics, Cambridge, MA)
• any alcohol use days in the past 90 days,
• have an email address and internet access at home, school, or library
• provide informed assent/consent.

You may not qualify if…

• unable to read or understand English,
• living away at college at the time of the recruitment visit,
• not available for computer/telephone follow-ups,
• judged by the provider to be medically or emotionally unstable at the time of the visit.

Where it is running

• Boston Children's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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