Evaluation of an Internet-based Intervention for Hazardous Drinkers

NCT01075685 | Completed Phase 2 Results

• 1 other identifier: Evalcoometre
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,157
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the investigators internet-based intervention is effective to help hazardous drinkers reducing their alcohol consumption.

Conditions

Hazardous Alcohol Consumption

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Weekly Alcohol Intake

  The unit of "standard drink" is a drink containing 10g of pure alcohol. Participants had to report their weekly alcohol intake in a diary, in which they could choose among 21 glasses of various capacities and containing various alcoholic drinks. Each of those glasses was then converted into standard drinks.

  baseline and 6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Relative Change in Weekly Alcohol Intake

  baseline and 6 weeks

• Category of Change in Weekly Alcohol Intake

  baseline and 6 weeks

• Change in the Number of Excessive Drinkers

  baseline and 6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Web-based alcohol programme

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants could log on to their account and access the programme whenever they wanted to. They received automated email reminders inviting them to use follow-up tools, especially the diary in order to register their alcohol intake on the previous week: * 4 weeks after starting the programme, so that they would take advantage of the monitoring stage in case they had not spontaneously done so. * 2 weeks later for 6-week follow-up.

Behavioral: interactive online programme to reduce alcohol consumption

Minimum information

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Participants could log on to their account and access the programme whenever they wanted to. At 6 week follow-up they received an automated email reminder inviting them to use the diary in order to register their alcohol intake on the previous week.

Behavioral: Minimum information

Interventions

interactive online programme to reduce alcohol consumption BEHAVIORAL

The programme includes several steps: * personalized feedback on alcohol consumption and related risks * reviewing motivations and fears regarding drinking reduction * analyse of drinking habits * reduction goal setting * follow-up tools (alcohol diary, craving scales, well-being scales) * a final screen allowing participants to monitor their progress through graphs and automatically adapted comments.

Web-based alcohol programme

Minimum information BEHAVIORAL

This intervention includes: * information about hazardous drinking * an alcohol diary

Minimum information

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score from 6 (female) or 7 (male) to 12

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Institut national de prevention et d'education pour la sante: lead

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Ethanol; Economics

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Alcohols; Organic Chemicals; Health Care Economics and Organizations

Limitations and Caveats

High rate of loss to follow-up lead to small number of subjects analyzed. Some participants were lost to follow-up even before completing baseline measures.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Juliette Guillemont
• Organization: Inpes

juliette.guillemont@inpes.sante.fr

+331 49 33 22 55

Study Officials

• Juliette Guillemont, MS

  Institut national de prevention et d'education pour la sante

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 6, 2010
• First Posted: February 25, 2010
• Study Start: October 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2010
• Study Completion: January 1, 2010
• Last Updated: November 10, 2010
• Results First Posted: November 10, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-01