Improving Care for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care

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Conditions studied: Alcohol Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder

In brief

In order to improve the quality of alcohol-related care for those with unhealthy alcohol use, the current research will use an evidence-based implementation strategy, practice facilitation, at one VA primary care site to pilot test whether practice facilitation has the potential to improve the quality of primary care-based alcohol-related care . It is hypothesized that primary care providers who take part in the practice facilitation intervention will provide higher quality substance use care to Veterans with unhealthy alcohol use compared to care pre-practice facilitation (e.g., administer evidence-based brief counseling interventions at higher rates, prescribe alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy at higher rates, increase referrals to specialty substance use disorder clinics).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04565899

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

42

Starts

2021-02-25

Expected to finish

2025-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Veteran patients:
• Veteran presenting for care at VA primary care site during pilot testing of the practice facilitation intervention, AND
• Age 18 years and older.
• Primary care providers:
• Primary care staff who screen for unhealthy alcohol use and providers who practice at the primary care clinic at least 1 day per week.

You may not qualify if…

• None.

Where it is running

• VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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