The candidate, Alison Moore, M.D., M.P.H., seeks support for further training in alcohol-related research regarding the elderly, specifically identifying alcohol-related risks in older persons, and developing interventions for use by physicians and their older drinking patients to reduce such risks. Her long- term goals are to maintain an academic position with the goal of becoming a leader in health services research regarding alcohol and the elderly. Dr. Moore is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at UCLA and a faculty member in the UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, a program recognized as a national leader in providing clinical care for older persons, teaching professionals, and conducting research. Her research experience includes: developing and testing measures to improve identification and intervention regarding common problems in the elderly; investigating the epidemiology of alcohol use and misuse in the elderly and, developing and testing an instrument identifying older persons whose use of alcohol may be harmful or hazardous. Dr. Moore's sponsors are Drs. David Reuben, Ron Hays, and Thomas Babor. The sponsors have extensive experience in psychometrics, alcohol epidemiology alcohol-related health services research, and designing measures to identify geriatric conditions and interventions to improve health and functioning of older persons. As part of her training activities, Dr. Moore will participate in a series of courses, seminars and tutorials to enhance her knowledge of research and clinical issues in alcohol health services research and addiction medicine. The primary objective of her proposed research is to further validate the Alcohol-Related Problems Survey (ARPS) and its scoring system as a standard for harmful, hazardous and non- hazardous drinking in the elderly. The criterion standard will consist of: 1) a structured clinical interview (including selected CIDI modules and the alcohol Timeline Followback; 2) open-ended questions about alcohol-related risks; 3) a brief physical examination focusing on risk of or evidence for alcohol- related harm; 4) information from medical records; and 5) interviews of collateral informants. A secondary objective of the proposed research is to develop and pilot test interventions to be used by at-risk (i.e., harmful or hazardous) drinking older persons and their physicians to reduce risky drinking.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
Project #
5K23AA000270-03
Application #
6371229
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAA1-FF (02))
Program Officer
Howard, Jan
Project Start
1999-07-01
Project End
2004-06-30
Budget Start
2001-07-01
Budget End
2002-06-30
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$148,770
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California Los Angeles
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
119132785
City
Los Angeles
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
90095
Sanna, Maija B; Tuqan, Alia T; Goldsmith, Jeff S et al. (2015) Characteristics of older at-risk drinkers who drive after drinking and those who do not drive after drinking. Traffic Inj Prev 16:104-8
Borok, Jenna; Galier, Peter; Dinolfo, Matteo et al. (2013) Why do older unhealthy drinkers decide to make changes or not in their alcohol consumption? Data from the Healthy Living as You Age study. J Am Geriatr Soc 61:1296-302
Moore, Alison A; Blow, Fred C; Hoffing, Marc et al. (2011) Primary care-based intervention to reduce at-risk drinking in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Addiction 106:111-20
Karlamangla, Arun; Zhou, Kefei; Reuben, David et al. (2006) Longitudinal trajectories of heavy drinking in adults in the United States of America. Addiction 101:91-9
Moore, Alison A; Giuli, Lisa; Gould, Robert et al. (2006) Alcohol use, comorbidity, and mortality. J Am Geriatr Soc 54:757-62
Moore, Alison A; Endo, Justin O; Carter, M Kallin (2003) Is there a relationship between excessive drinking and functional impairment in older persons? J Am Geriatr Soc 51:44-9