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Table 2 Assessments and laboratory tests at baseline,  3 and 12 months

From: Patient-centered primary care for adults at high risk for AUDs: the Choosing Healthier Drinking Options In primary CarE (CHOICE) trial

 

Timeframe

Baseline

3 months

12 months

Telephone screen

 Number of heavy drinking days in the past 28 days

Past 28 days

Xa

  

 Prior treatment

LT, P90D

Xa

  

Self-administered surveys

 Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) [86]

PY

Xa

 

X

 AUDIT consumption questions (AUDIT-C)

Past 4 weeks

  

X

 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) [87]

Past 2 weeks

Xa

 

X

 Traumatic experience ever (MINI) [88]

LT, PM

Xa

  

 PTSD Check List (PCL) [89]

PM

Xa

  

Interview

 Mini-Cog [81,82,83]

Current

X

  

 Health habits

PM, current

X

X

X

 12-item Short Form (SF-12) Veterans Version [134, 135],

PM

X

X

X

 28 day Time Line Follow Back Interview, alcohol [90]

Past 28 days

X

X

X

 Short Inventory of Problems (SIP) [91, 92]

LT, P3Mo

X

X

X

 DSM-IV Major Depressive (current, past) (MINI) [88]

LT, P2W

Xa

  

 DSM-IV Panic disorder (current, lifetime) (MINI) [88]

LT, PM

Xa

  

 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screen (GAD-7) [115]

P2W

Xa

  

 DSM-IV AUD (MINI) [88]

PY

Xa

 

X

 Craving question [116] for DSM-5 AUD [136, 137]

LT

Xa

 

X

 DSM-IV DUD (MINI) [88]

LT, PY

Xa

  

 DUD craving question

LT

Xa

  

 Importance, readiness, confidence rulers [138, 139]

None

X

X

X

 Important People Inventory [140]

P4Mo

X

  

 Socio-demographics

Current

X

 

X

 Family history AUDs (parents, sibling children)

LT

X

  

 Alcohol treatment or related services (e.g. AA) [1]

LT, P3Mo, PY

X

 

X

 AA meetings [141]

LT, PY

  

X

 Distance to appointments

None

X

  

 Non-VA emergency department visits

P3Mo, PY

X

X

X

 Non-VA hospitalizations

P3Mo, PY

X

X

X

 Other non-VA care

P3Mo, PY

X

X

X

Laboratory tests

 Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) [117]

None

Xa

 

X

 Carbohydrate deficient transferrin (CDT) [117]

None

Xa

 

X

 Mean corpuscular (MCV) [117]

None

Xa

 

X

  1. aAvailable to CHOICE RNs at Baseline; PM past month, LT lifetime, PY past year, P90D past 90 days, P3Mo past 3 months, P4Mo past 4 months, P2W past 2 weeks