Adapting a Secondary Prevention Program for Nonstudent Emerging Adult Drinkers

NCT03381391 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 14-065; 15-091
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 164
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Emerging adulthood is a period of heightened vulnerability for problematic alcohol use. Considerable research has been devoted to reducing alcohol risks in college student populations, though far less effort has focused on their noncollege-attending peers. Research targeting nonstudent emerging adults is critical as this group is at risk for experiencing alcohol-related harms. Consequently, the main objective of the present study was to examine the preliminary efficacy of a brief personalized feedback intervention (PFI) tailored for nonstudent at-risk drinkers.

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Alcohol use quantity

  Alcohol consumption was assessed using the Daily Drinking Questionnaire (DDQ; Collins et al., 1985). Participants reported the number of standard drinks (e.g., 12-ounce beer, 5-ounce wine, or 1.5 ounce liquor) consumed and duration each day during a typical week in the past 3 months. Indices of weekly drinking derived from the DDQ were: total quantity, frequency of drinking days, number of heavy drinking days (days where 4/5+ drinks for women/men were consumed), proportion of heavy drinking days out of total drinking days, maximum number of drinks on the heaviest drinking day, and typical blood alcohol concentration (BAC; see Matthews \& Miller, 1979).

  9 months

• Alcohol-related harms

  Alcohol-related problems were measured by the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (B-YAACQ; Kahler et al., 2005). The B-YAACQ is a 24-item, yes-no format questionnaire assessing negative drinking-related consequences experienced during the past month. Items were summed to create an overall score (ranging from 0 to 24), with higher scores indicating greater severity.

  9 months

Study Arms (2)

Feedback intervention condition

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Personalized Feedback Intervention

Assessment-only control condition

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Personalized Feedback Intervention BEHAVIORAL

The current intervention included personalized feedback regarding their alcohol consumption, alcohol-related consequences, gender-specific normative drinking comparisons, personal risk factors (e.g., dependence symptoms, family history of alcoholism), and alcohol expectancies. The intervention also included didactic material related to alcohol (e.g., effects at different BAC levels, tolerance) and drinking moderation strategies. The feedback was presented graphically in a feedback report with the individual's information.

Feedback intervention condition

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Study eligibility included being 18 to 25 years old, having no prior or current college attendance (e.g., technical/vocational programs, associate's degree programs, or four year college programs), and not being currently enrolled in high school. High school completion was not a required eligibility criteria. They also had to report engaging in a minimum of two heavy drinking episodes (i.e., 4/5+ standard drinks for women/men on one occasion) in the past month

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Old Dominion University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Drinking Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 18, 2017
• First Posted: December 22, 2017
• Study Start: July 10, 2013
• Primary Completion: December 2, 2015
• Study Completion: December 2, 2015
• Last Updated: January 4, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-01