A Web App for Patients With Alcohol and Drug Use Problems in Primary Care

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01830114

Enrollment

Registered

2013-04-12

Start date

2013-04-30

Completion date

2013-06-30

Last updated

2013-06-14

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Conditions

Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse

Keywords

alcohol abuse, drug abuse, hazardous alcohol use, hazardous drug use

Brief summary

The objective of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and technical merit of a web application for patients in primary care called Check-up and Choices (CC).

Detailed description

The overall objective of this project is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a web application called Check-up and Choices (CC). CC will be developed for use in primary care. It would tightly integrate screening for heavy drinking and drug use, a brief motivational intervention for hazardous or heavy drinkers, a moderation training protocol for less dependent problem drinkers, and an abstinence-oriented protocol for more dependent drinkers and drug abusers. The brief motivational intervention will be tailored to the patient's age. Its purpose will be to motivate problem drinkers to change their drinking. The action-oriented moderation and abstinence protocols are cognitive-behavioral interventions (CBIs) that provide patients with the skills to maximize their chances of success with changing their drinking and/or drug use. The investigators have already developed these elements but they are not integrated into a single program with appropriate branching between them. Nor has the content been tailored for use in primary care.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALWeb app

The Checkup and Choices web application

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

21 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* physicians, * nurses, * nurse practitioners, * physician's assistants, * psychologists embedded in primary care settings, and * other mental health counselors embedded in primary care settings.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Feasibility Questionnaire	Within 1 month of enrollment with an expected average of 1 week..	A 17 item questionnaire that asks about the feasibility of using the web app with patients in primary care and the app's technical merit.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026