Online Education to Inform the Elderly About Age-related Alcohol Risks

Status unconfirmed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Alcohol Consumption, Drug-Food Interaction

In brief

This proposed Phase 2 The Small Business Innovation Research study is a randomized trial of the effectiveness of "A Toast to Health in Later Life!" a web-based patient educational program designed to prevent hazardous and harmful drinking in older adults. The project's specific objectives are to 1. provide reliable information on the extent to which "A Toast to Health in Later Life!" reduces alcohol-related risks and problems among older patients who drink and 2. evaluate the extent to which these reductions are associated with increases in health-related quality of life, patient knowledge and self-efficacy and decreases in the use of health services and the costs of care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02952495

Run by

Arlene Fink Associates

People needed

200

Starts

2013-09-01

Expected to finish

2018-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-01-10

Who can join

Age: 55 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 55 years of age or older
• have had one or more drinks containing alcohol in the past 3 months
• have an active email account
• have access to high-speed Internet
• are able and willing to spend about 30 minutes on three separate occasions to complete an online alcohol use class and answer questions in English

You may not qualify if…

• Non alcohol drinkers (having no drinks containing alcohol in the past 3 months)

Where it is running

• Arlene Fink Associates — Pacific Palisades, California, United States

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