Brief Alcohol E-Interventions Study

NCT02952872 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: R21AA023660
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 352
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The project seeks to develop an effective computer-delivered brief intervention to reduce alcohol use using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST). Sixteen different versions of the intervention will be tested with manipulation of common factors (empathy \& positive regard), use of a voice, and use of an animated narrator. Participants will include 352 undergraduate students randomly assigned to one intervention condition; follow-up assessments will take place at one and 3 months. The main outcome will be means drink per day over the past 30 day.

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking in College

Keywords

Computerized Brief Intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mean Drinks Per Day

  Average of reports from past 30 days on the number of standard drinks consumed by participant over the past 30 days.

  1 month and 3 months after baseline

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Number of Heavy Drinking Days Per Month

  1 month and 3 months after baseline

• Report of Alcohol Related Consequences

  1 month and 3 months after baseline

• Intention to Reduce Alcohol Use

  1 month and 3 months after baseline

Study Arms (16)

Arm 1

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: no common factors, no human voice, no animated narrator, and no motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 2

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: no common factors, no human voice, no animated narrator, and motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 3

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: no common factors, no human voice, the presence of an animated narrator, and no motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 4

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: no common factors, no human voice, the presence of an animated narrator, and motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 5

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: no common factors, a human voice guiding the intervention, no animated narrator, and no motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 6

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: no common factors, a human voice guiding the intervention, no animated narrator, and the presence of motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 7

EXPERIMENTAL

7\. Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: no common factors, a human voice guiding the intervention, an animated narrator guiding the intervention, and no motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 8

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: no common factors, a human voice to guide the intervention, an animated narrator to guide the intervention, and the presence of motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 9

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: common factors, no human voice, no animated narrator, and no motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 10

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: common factors, no human voice, no animated narrator, and the presence of motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 11

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: common factors, no human voice, an animated narrator to guide the intervention, and no motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 12

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: common factors, no human voice, an animated narrator to guide the intervention, and the presence of motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 13

EXPERIMENTAL

13\. Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: common factors, a human voice to guide the intervention, no animated narrator, and no motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 14

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: common factors, a human voice to guide the intervention, no animated narrator, and the presence of motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 15

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: common factors, a human voice to guide the intervention, an animated narrator to guide the intervention, and no motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Arm 16

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will complete a brief tablet-based intervention created to include the following features: common factors, a human voice to guide the intervention, an animated narrator to guide the intervention, and the presence of motivational content.

Behavioral: Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use

Interventions

Brief Tablet-based Intervention to Address Heavy Alcohol Use BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will be be tablet-based and take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Content will focus on heavy alcohol use.

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Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be students at Wayne State University, aged 18 or older. Additionally, participants must report either (1) consuming 3 (women)/4 (men) drinks per day or 7 (women)/14 (men) drinks per week, (2) getting drunk at least once per week over the past 6 months or (3) binge drinking at least once per week over the past 6 months (i.e. more than 4 (women)/5 (men) drinks in a 2 hr. period).

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who are under the age of 18, or who do not meet the study's drinking criteria

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Wayne State University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Grekin ER, Beatty JR, McGoron L, Kugler KC, McClure JB, Pop DE, Ondersma SJ. Testing the efficacy of motivational strategies, empathic reflections, and lifelike features in a computerized intervention for alcohol use: A factorial trial. Psychol Addict Behav. 2019 Sep;33(6):511-519. doi: 10.1037/adb0000502. Epub 2019 Aug 22.

  PMID: 31436446 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking in College

Interventions

Ethanol

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Alcohol Drinking; Drinking Behavior; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Alcohols; Organic Chemicals

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Emily Grekin
• Organization: Wayne State University

grekine@wayne.edu

313-577-2820

Study Officials

• Emily Grekin, PhD

  Wayne State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 31, 2016
• First Posted: November 2, 2016
• Study Start: December 23, 2016
• Primary Completion: September 25, 2017
• Study Completion: January 13, 2018
• Last Updated: June 17, 2019
• Results First Posted: June 17, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-06

Locations

US (1)