Clinical Trial: Validating NIAAA Screen Guide in YCMC

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Observational

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

Brief Summary: 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.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Boston Children’s Hospital

Current Primary Outcome: 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.


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Correlation of HgbA1c level with level of alcohol use [ Time Frame: Baseline ]
  • Correlation between score on the Asthma Control Test (ACT)and level of alcohol use [ Time Frame: Baseline ]
  • Correlation of score on The Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) with level of alcohol use [ Time Frame: baseline ]
  • Correlation between The Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI)score and level of alcohol use [ Time Frame: Baseline ]


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Boston Children’s Hospital

Dates:
Date Received: February 15, 2012
Date Started: September 2012
Date Completion: September 2014
Last Updated: January 2, 2013
Last Verified: January 2013