Systematic Implementation of Patient-centered Care for Alcohol Use Trial: Beyond Referral to Treatment
Kaiser Permanente
Summary
The Systematic Implementation of Patient-centered Care for Alcohol Use Trial is a pragmatic, cluster-randomized, effectiveness-implementation trial testing two interventions in Kaiser Permanente Washington to systematically implement shared decision-making with primary care patients with symptoms due to alcohol use: a primary care intervention and a centralized intervention. An anticipated 25 primary care clinics will be randomized to one of three conditions: usual care or the primary care or centralized interventions.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adult primary care patients ≥18 years old on the day of a primary care appointment; and 2. ≥4 symptoms on the Alcohol Symptom Checklist, or 2-3 symptoms on the Alcohol Symptom Checklist with at least one symptom associated with high risk of progression to severe symptoms, documented in the electronic health record associated with the primary care appointment; and 3. high-risk drinking on the alcohol screening questionnaire (AUDIT-C ≥7) on the day of the Alcohol Symptom Checklist or in the prior 30 days documented in the electronic health record. Exclusion Criteria: 1.…
Interventions
- BehavioralCentralized Intervention
A centralized intervention by a social worker or counselor, added to usual care that systematically offers outreach and shared decision-making for symptoms due to alcohol use
- OtherPrimary Care Intervention
A primary care intervention added to usual care that uses state-of-the-art implementation interventions to systematically encourage primary care providers to offer routine shared decision-making for symptoms due to alcohol use.
Location
- Kaiser Permanente WashingtonSeattle, Washington