Disease-Tailored Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use Among Youths With Chronic Medical Conditions: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the US, 25% of youths have a chronic medical condition (CMC). Alcohol use is prevalent among youths with a CMC and is associated with treatment nonadherence, simultaneous exposure to contraindicated medications, poor self-care, and elevated rates of progression to heavy and problem use by young adulthood. Preventive interventions targeting these youths are scarce and lack evidence about longer-term risk-stratified effects.

Objective

To evaluate the 12-month effects of a preventive intervention for alcohol use among youths with a CMC reporting baseline no or low-risk alcohol use vs high-risk alcohol use, testing the hypothesis of no difference.

Design, setting, and participants

This presepecified secondary analysis used data from a 2-group, parallel rando

SUBMITTER: Weitzman ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11238030 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature