Online Program for Young Adult Veteran Drinkers
Brief Online Intervention to Reduce Heavy Alcohol Use Among Young Adult Veterans
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The primary objective of the research study is to test the feasibility of a brief Internet-based intervention to reduce heavy alcohol use among young adult veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Veterans are recruited through the social media website Facebook in two phases. In the first phase, investigators collect data from 800 veteran participants to document and analyze drinking norms in this population. In the second phase, investigators use the norms collected in Phase 1 and information from the analyses to develop and pilot test an online intervention with young adult veteran participants. Six hundred participants are recruited through Facebook and randomly assigned to intervention (N = 300) or control (N = 300) conditions. It is hypothesized that those in the intervention condition will drink less at a one-month follow-up period than those in the control condition. Investigators also collect feedback from participants on the usability of the online intervention.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started May 2015
Typical duration for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 9, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 11, 2014
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2016
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2017
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
April 17, 2018
CompletedMarch 26, 2025
May 1, 2019
11 months
July 9, 2014
November 21, 2017
March 24, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Alcohol Use
Total drinks per week in the past 30 days
Past month (30 days)
Alcohol-related Consequences
Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire. This is a 21 item measure of alcohol-related consequences experienced by young adults. Participants indicate whether or not they have experienced each of the consequences in the past month (1 = yes, 0 = no). Scores range from 0 to 21 with higher scores indicated a greater number of consequences experienced. Citation: Kahler, C. W., Strong, D. R., \& Read, J. P. (2005). Toward efficient and comprehensive measurement of the alcohol problems continuum in college students: The Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29(7), 1180-1189.
Past month (30 days)
Study Arms (2)
Personalized normative feedback
EXPERIMENTALIntervention participants receive feedback correcting their misperceptions of the drinking behavior and attitudes of fellow veterans
Control
NO INTERVENTIONControl participants receive feedback correcting their misperceptions of the video game playing behavior and attitudes of fellow veterans
Interventions
Participants receive behavioral norms feedback based on their response to items in a baseline survey. Personal responses are presented along with perceptions of other same gender veterans and actual drinking norms of same gender veterans.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- United States veteran from Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn who has been discharged or separated from the Army, Navy, Marines, or Air Force and is not currently in the reserves
- between the ages of 18 and 34
- the ability to read English (also a requirement of military service)
- access to a computer and the Internet
- has an email address 6) an AUDIT score of \>4 (men) or \>3 (women) in order to reach those who may benefit from an intervention targeted toward reducing alcohol misuse
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- RANDlead
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)collaborator
Study Sites (1)
RAND
Santa Monica, California, 90407, United States
Related Publications (2)
Pedersen ER, Marshall GN, Schell TL. Study protocol for a web-based personalized normative feedback alcohol intervention for young adult veterans. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2016 Mar 31;11(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s13722-016-0055-8.
PMID: 27036408DERIVEDPedersen ER, Helmuth ED, Marshall GN, Schell TL, PunKay M, Kurz J. Using facebook to recruit young adult veterans: online mental health research. JMIR Res Protoc. 2015 Jun 1;4(2):e63. doi: 10.2196/resprot.3996.
PMID: 26033209DERIVED
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Eric Pedersen
- Organization
- RAND
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Eric R Pedersen, PhD
RAND
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restrictive Agreement
- No
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 9, 2014
First Posted
July 11, 2014
Study Start
May 1, 2015
Primary Completion
April 1, 2016
Study Completion
October 1, 2017
Last Updated
March 26, 2025
Results First Posted
April 17, 2018
Record last verified: 2019-05