Relational Agent for Alcohol Screening and Treatment
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Official title
Relational Agent to Improve Alcohol Screening and Treatment in Primary Care: RCT
Brief summary
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This project will involve the development and initial evaluation of a promising computer-based intervention to improve the primary care management of risky alcohol use among Veterans. The intervention uses a Relational Agent, an on-screen "person" that establishes a relationship with the Veteran to promote positive health behaviors. This study will determine how Veterans interact with this system, how it can be tailored to Veterans' preferences, and its potential effect on risky drinking. If ultimately proven effective, the Relational Agent will have several impacts on Veterans and their health care, including: * (1) lower rates of risky drinking in Veterans * (2) improved rates of brief counseling for Veterans with excessive alcohol use * (3) increased proportion of Veterans referred to Mental Health for alcohol disorders * (4) improved care for Veterans with low levels of health literacy. This study directly supports Secretary Shinseki's Transformational Initiative to employ state-of-the-art information technology to improve quality and access of Veterans' health care.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02030288
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 178 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 18, 2015
- Primary completion
- Oct 22, 2018
- Completion
- Oct 22, 2018
- Last update posted
- Sep 30, 2020
2015 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA | Boston | Massachusetts | 02130 | — |
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