CompletedNot Applicable

Developing a Team-Delivered Intervention for Smoking and Hazardous Drinking for Primary Care Veterans With Cardiovascular Diseases

United States44 participantsStarted 2022-05-13

Plain-language summary

In this study, the investigators are interested in learning how patients feel about and are impacted by a new approach for the primary care team to use to talk to patients about heart disease and health behaviors. The investigators were looking to recruit around 40 Veterans from Buffalo and Syracuse to be in this study. What it entailed is being randomly assigned to one of two conditions. If patients are assigned to the first condition, their upcoming primary care appointment will be extended by about 5 minutes because a Health Educator will join the end of that appointment. If they are assigned to the second condition they would have their typical primary care appointment. Beyond that, both conditions are quite similar. They will have an individual meeting following the primary care appointment with the Health Educator, two phone booster meetings at 2 and 4 weeks, and information about an optional app that they have the choice to use to help them track some health behaviors.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Veteran patients age 18 seen in PACT at the Buffalo and Syracuse VA Medical Center (VAMCs) and catchment areas * Upcoming PACT appointment * A diagnosis of cardiac disease, including coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, OR ischemia * Positive alcohol or tobacco use screen for at least two consecutive years (including most recent) for: * a.Smoking (i.e., Answered "Yes" on the Annual Veteran's Health Administration (VHA) Tobacco Use Screening Questionnaire) AND/OR * b.Hazardous drinking (Alcohol Use Disorders-Consumption \[AUD-C\] 4 for men or 3 for women) * Currently smokes at least one cigarette per day OR currently scores in a range indicating hazardous drinking on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) OR both \[telephone screen\] * Currently reports on 1 to 10 scale having no greater than high-moderate (defined as 8) intention (i.e., 7) to change their drinking and/or smoking behavior \[telephone screen\] Exclusion Criteria: * Disorientation at time of eligibility (i.e., delirium, acute psychosis, dementia, severe intoxication) \[from the electronic medical record (EMR), telephone screen, or clinical judgment at the time of the in person appointment\] * Unable to read or understand English \[telephone screen\] * Non-Veteran status \[EMR\]

What they're measuring

Readiness to Change Drinking OR Smoking

Timeframe: 6 weeks post intervention

Readiness to Change Drinking OR Smoking

Timeframe: 6 weeks post intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05275582

SponsorVA Office of Research and Development

Sponsor typeFED

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-04-26

Results submitted2025-02-25