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NCT Number: NCT01544218

Validating NIAAA Screen Guide in YCMC

Alcohol use is a serious health threat to the 26% youth in the US with chronic medical conditions. While alcohol use can significantly impact an underlying illness and its safe/effective management, medical specialists rarely screen their adolescent patients for alcohol use. The investigators will validate a new, brief alcohol- screening tool with 9-18 year old youth with chronic medical conditions. Comprehensive assessment information will be collected and analyzed to describe relationships between youth alcohol use, other substance use, and chronic disease outcomes and findings integrated into the validated screen as actionable clinician guidance and health advice.

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Key information

Conditions

Alcohol Related Disorders Alcohol-Related Disorders Chemically-Induced Disorders Mental Disorders Substance-Related Disorders

Age range

9 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Children's Hospital Boston

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 9-18 years of age
  • duration of chronic illness of at least one year
  • ability to speak/read English and use a computer keyboard and/or complete an interviewer-assisted questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

  • medically or emotionally unstable
  • unable to assent/consent

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. eGuide diagnosis of alcohol use disorder

    Time frame: Baseline

    We will evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the eGuide to correctly identify the group of YCMC who have problem use/abuse or dependence, using the CIDI-SAM as the criterion standard.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Correlation of HgbA1c level with level of alcohol use

    Time frame: Baseline

  2. Correlation between score on the Asthma Control Test (ACT)and level of alcohol use

    Time frame: Baseline

  3. Correlation of score on The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) with level of alcohol use

    Time frame: baseline

  4. Correlation between The Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI)score and level of alcohol use

    Time frame: Baseline

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Boston Children's Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Validating NIAAA's Brief Screening Guide in Youth With Chronic Medical Conditions

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2016
First posted
Mar 5, 2012
Registry last updated
Jun 21, 2017

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