Alcohol Early Intervention for Freshmen

NCT00852033 | Unknown DMC

• 2 other identifiers: NIAAA-Wood-AA013919NIH Grant 5R01AA013919-04
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,014
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Alcohol abuse among college students is a significant and long-standing public health issue. The transition into college is marked by substantial increases in alcohol abuse and problems, suggesting the importance of interventions that take place prior to and immediately following matriculation. To date, early interventions with this population have yielded modest results with very little evidence identifying either the factors that are responsible for observed effects or specific individual or situational factors that qualify intervention efficacy. There is preliminary evidence for the efficacy of individualized feedback (IF) in reducing college student alcohol abuse. Additionally, a sizeable body of research with early adolescents and emerging work with college students point to the utility of parent-based interventions (PBI). The major aim of this research is to provide the first test of the unique and combined efficacy of these two successful interventions in reducing alcohol abuse among matriculating college students.

Conditions

Alcohol Abuse

Keywords

alcoholism; alcohol abuse; prevention; behavior modification; parent offspring interaction; university student; substance abuse related behavior; adolescence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Daily Drinking Questionnaire

  Baseline, 10 months, 22months, 46 months

• Young Adult Problems Screening Test "YAAPST"

  Baseline, 10 months, 22months, 46months

Study Arms (4)

1

NO INTERVENTION

Assessment Group (no intervention)

Other: Assessment only

2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI)

Behavioral: Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI)

3

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Parent Based Intervention (PBI)

Behavioral: Parent Based Intervention plus booster

4

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

BMI and TBI

Behavioral: Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI); Behavioral: Parent Based Intervention plus booster; Behavioral: Combined brief motivational intervention and parent based intervention plus boosters for both interventions

Interventions

Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI) BEHAVIORAL

Students met with trained interventionists. The initial BMI took place during the fall semester of the freshmen year for approximately 45 minutes. Individualized feedback was used to guide the BMI sessions. The feedback data were gathered through an online survey completed within two weeks of the scheduled appointment to ensure the use of proximal feedback reflecting current drinking. Feedback was tailored so that drinkers received information on their personal drinking patterns, heavy episodic drinking, and alcohol-related consequences, and abstainers received feedback on their perceived barriers for maintaining abstinence, the safety and health benefits of their choice not to drink, and their experience with second-hand effects of alcohol use. In the spring of the freshmen year, students received a BMI 'booster' session. Individualized feedback was created from the original online survey and the 10 month follow-up assessment.

Also known as: BMI

2; 4

Parent Based Intervention plus booster BEHAVIORAL

The PBI is a handbook-based intervention modified from Turrisi and colleagues (2001). It was designed to raise parental awareness of alcohol abuse and consequences among college students and increase parental effort to address this issue with their teen.

Also known as: PBI

3; 4

Combined brief motivational intervention and parent based intervention plus boosters for both interventions BEHAVIORAL

A combination of Intervention 1 and 2.

4

Assessment only OTHER

No intervention, assessment only.

1

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 17 Years - 20 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• All incoming students who paid their university attendance deposit by May 1st of the recruitment years were eligible for participation.

You may not qualify if:

• transfer students,
• married,
• not living with a parent/guardian,
• returning students older than 20 years
• reached the alcohol use cut-off criteria (40 or more drinks per week and two symptoms of alcohol dependence)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Rhode Island, Department of Psychology

Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcoholism

Interventions

Immunization, Secondary

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Alcohol-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Immunization; Immunotherapy; Immunomodulation; Biological Therapy; Therapeutics; Immunologic Techniques; Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Mark D Wood, PhD

  University of Rhode Island

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: NIH

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 24, 2009
• First Posted: February 26, 2009
• Study Start: January 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2007
• Study Completion: July 1, 2009
• Last Updated: February 26, 2009

Record last verified: 2009-02

Locations

US (1)