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Trial reportJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2015

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.

Alexis N Kuerbis, Stanley E Yuan, Jenna Borok, Peter M LeFevre, Gloria S Kim, Daryl Lum, Karina D Ramirez, Diana H Liao, Alison A Moore

Erratum issuedOpen access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 16 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Factors affecting primary care practitioners' alcohol-related discussions with older adults: a qualitative study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2021
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  10. Managing older people's perceptions of alcohol-related risk: a qualitative exploration in Northern English primary care.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2020
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  16. Drinking Over the Lifespan: Focus on Older Adults.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alexis N KuerbisSilberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, New York, New York.
Stanley E Yuan
Jenna Borok
Peter M LeFevre
Gloria S Kim
Daryl Lum
Karina D Ramirez
Diana H Liao
Alison A Moore
University of California, Los Angeles · USHunter College · USPrinceton University · US

Funding

UCLA OLDER AMERICANS INDEPENDENCE CENTERP30AG028748 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI KARLAMANGLA, ARUN S · 2006 to 2017
$9.8M
UCLA OLDER AMERICANS INDEPENDENT CENTERP60AG010415 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI REUBEN, DAVID B. · 1991 to 2005
$8.0M
Health Effects of Alcohol and Comorbidity in Older AdultsK24AA015957 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MOORE, ALISON AHERN · 2007 to 2017
$1.8M
NIAAA NIH HHS K24 AA015957NIAAA NIH HHS K24 AA15957NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028748NIA NIH HHS P30AG028748NIA NIH HHS P30AG10415NIA NIH HHS P60 AG010415
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo determine the initial efficacy of a mailed screening and brief intervention to reduce at-risk drinking in persons aged 50 and older.

designPilot randomized controlled trial.

settingUniversity of California at Los Angeles Department of Medicine Community Offices and Primary Care Network.

participantsIndividuals aged 50 and older who were identified as at-risk drinkers according to the Comorbidity Alcohol Risk Evaluation Tool (CARET) (N = 86).

interventionParticipants were assigned randomly to receive personalized mailed feedback outlining their specific risks associated with alcohol use, an educational booklet on alcohol and aging, and the National Institutes of Health Rethinking Drinking: Alcohol and Your Health booklet (intervention group) or nothing (control group). MEASUREMENTS: Alcohol-related assessments at baseline and 3 months; CARET-assessed at-risk drinking, number of risks, and types of risks.

resultsAt 3 months, fewer intervention group participants than controls were at-risk drinkers (66% vs 88%), binge drinking (45% vs 68%), using alcohol with a medical or psychiatric condition (3% vs 17%), or having symptoms of such a condition (29% vs 49%).

conclusionA brief mailed intervention may be an effective approach to intervening with at-risk drinkers aged 50 and older.

Indexed as

Feedback, PsychologicalPatient Education as TopicPostal ServicePrimary Health CareRisk-TakingAgedAge FactorsAlcohol DrinkingFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMass ScreeningMiddle AgedPamphletsPilot Projectsalcoholbrief interventionmailed feedbackolder adults

Identifiers

PMID25643851
PMCPMC4332987
OpenAlexW2036117308

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