Trial reportAddiction (Abingdon, England)2011
Primary care-based intervention to reduce at-risk drinking in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evidence based models of care for the treatment of alcohol use disorder in primary health care settings: a systematic review.BMC family practice · 2020Pooled it
- Technology-Based Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
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- Interventions to prevent and reduce excessive alcohol consumption in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Age and ageing · 2018Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce the negative effects of alcohol consumption in older adults: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- A pragmatic randomised trial of two counselling models at the Swedish national alcohol helpline.BMC psychiatry · 2019Trial
- Comparing behavioral health models for reducing risky drinking among older male veterans.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2017Trial
- The Effect of a Patient-Provider Educational Intervention to Reduce At-Risk Drinking on Changes in Health and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults: The Project SHARE Study.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2016Trial
- Examining the Impact of Separate Components of a Multicomponent Intervention Designed to Reduce At-Risk Drinking Among Older Adults: The Project SHARE Study.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2015Trial
- Testing the initial efficacy of a mailed screening and brief feedback intervention to reduce at-risk drinking in middle-aged and older adults: the comorbidity alcohol risk evaluation study.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2015Trial
- Chronic care management for substance dependence in primary care among patients with co-occurring disorders.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2015Trial
- Characteristics of older at-risk drinkers who drive after drinking and those who do not drive after drinking.Traffic injury prevention · 2015Trial
- The effect of an educational intervention on alcohol consumption, at-risk drinking, and health care utilization in older adults: the Project SHARE study.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2014Trial
- Why do older unhealthy drinkers decide to make changes or not in their alcohol consumption? Data from the Healthy Living as You Age study.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2013Trial
- Predictors of Engagement and Impact on Alcohol-Related Hospital Utilization with Primary Care-Based Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Clinic.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Successful Integration of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment into a Primary Care Clinic at a Safety-Net Hospital.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- A Narrative Review of Alcohol Prevention Interventions Among Older Adults.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2025Review
- A Substance Misuse Intervention Program in Postacute Care: Who Declines Participation?The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2021Article
- A Modified Alcohol SBI for Use among Older Adults Living with HIV.Western journal of nursing research · 2020Article
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Abstract
aimsTo examine whether a multi-faceted intervention among older at-risk drinking primary care patients reduced at-risk drinking and alcohol consumption at 3 and 12 months.
designRandomized controlled trial.
settingThree primary care sites in southern California.
participantsSix hundred and thirty-one adults aged ≥ 55 years who were at-risk drinkers identified by the Comorbidity Alcohol Risk Evaluation Tool (CARET) were assigned randomly between October 2004 and April 2007 during an office visit to receive a booklet on healthy behaviors or an intervention including a personalized report, booklet on alcohol and aging, drinking diary, advice from the primary care provider and telephone counseling from a health educator at 2, 4 and 8 weeks. MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome was the proportion of participants meeting at-risk criteria, and secondary outcomes were number of drinks in past 7 days, heavy drinking (four or more drinks in a day) in the past 7 days and risk score.
findingsAt 3 months, relative to controls, fewer intervention group participants were at-risk drinkers [odds ratio (OR) 0.41; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.22-0.75]; they reported drinking fewer drinks in the past 7 days [rate ratio (RR) 0.79; 95% CI 0.70-0.90], less heavy drinking (OR 0.46; 95% CI 0.22-0.99) and had lower risk scores (RR 0.77 95% CI 0.63-0.94). At 12 months, only the difference in number of drinks remained statistically significant (RR 0.87; 95% CI 0.76-0.99).
conclusionsA multi-faceted intervention among older at-risk drinkers in primary care does not reduce the proportions of at-risk or heavy drinkers, but does reduce amount of drinking at 12 months.
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