Testing the initial efficacy of a mailed screening and brief feedback intervention to reduce at-risk drinking in middle-aged and older adults: The comorbidity alcohol risk evaluation study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 321-326

  Kuerbis, Alexis N ^a   Yuan, Stanley E ^b   Borok, Jenna ^c   Lefevre, Peter M ^c   Kim, Gloria S ^c   Lum, Daryl ^c   Ramirez, Karina D ^c   Liao, Diana H ^c   Moore, Alison A ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; brief intervention; mailed feedback; older adults

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; UNITED STATES; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTAL SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84923250758     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13237     Document Type: Article

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