NIH R01 · 2024
Reducing Alcohol use among Elective Surgical Patients using Adaptive Interventions
Project Summary/Abstract Surgery is a pivotal life event during which the acuity and imminence of surgical risk can motivate patients to make major changes to behaviors and lifestyle factors to optimize surgical health. Preoperative alcohol consumption (>2 drinks a day) is a common surgical risk factor linked to increased postoperative complications. Appropriately timed interventions could promote short- and long-term alcohol use reduction and prevent excess surgical morbidity and mortality. However, the dearth of research in this area limits our ability to intervene effectively or leverage motivation at critical time points. This study uses a sequential, multiple assignment, randomized…
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