NCT00244049

CHIPs or College Health Intervention Projects

"Primary Care Alcohol Intervention in College Students"

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of the study is to test the efficacy of brief clinician advice in reducing the frequency of high-risk drinking and alcohol-related harm in a population of college students seeking care at five university health care clinics. High-risk drinking is defined as 1) 8 or more episodes of heavy drinking (5 or more drinks in a row) in the past 28 days for male and female students, and/or 2) 50 drinks for male and 40 drinks for female students in the past 28 days, and/or 3) 15 drinks for male and 12 drinks for female students in the past 7 days, and/or 4) One or more episode(s) of heavy drinking which includes 15 or more drinks in a row.

Conditions

• Alcohol Abuse

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	counseling	Physicians discussed high-risk/binge drinking with college-aged individuals in a health care setting.
OTHER	Brief Intervention	Physicians discussed effects of high-risk/binge drinking with college-aged individuals in a health care setting.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-05-01
• Primary completion: 2011-04-01
• Completion: 2011-04-01
• First posted: 2005-10-25
• Last updated: 2014-12-08