NCT03583515

Brief Summary

This study evaluates within-person and between-person effects of a personalized normative feedback intervention and injunctive norms as they are altered by self-determination in heavy drinkers. Half of participants will receive personalized normative feedback and the other half will receive control feedback about media use habits.

Trial Health

87
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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
136

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Apr 2018

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

April 25, 2018

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

June 1, 2018

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 11, 2018

Completed
1.1 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

August 31, 2019

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

August 31, 2019

Completed
Last Updated

April 2, 2020

Status Verified

April 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

1.4 years

First QC Date

June 1, 2018

Last Update Submit

April 1, 2020

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

  • Between-Person Self-Determination by PNF Interaction Predicting Consumption

    A structural equation model will be fit with baseline consumption, self-determination, intervention condition, and the interaction between self-determination and condition predicting follow-up alcohol consumption. Consumption will be measured with the Alcohol Consumption Index, Quantity-Frequency-Peak Alcohol Use Index, and the Daily Drinking Questionnaire. These scales will be used as indicators of a single latent consumption variable. That latent consumption measure will be the outcome of interest.

    2-4 Weeks

  • Within-Person Self-Determination by PNF Interaction Predicting Consumption

    A multilevel model will be fit with baseline consumption, daily self determination, intervention condition, and the interaction between condition and daily self-determination predicting daily alcohol consumption. Consumption will be measured as the number of drinks consumed the previous evening.

    17 Days

Secondary Outcomes (2)

  • Between-Person Self-Determination by PNF Interaction Predicting Alcohol-Related Problems

    2-4 Weeks

  • Within-Person Self-Determination by PNF Interaction Predicting Alcohol-Related Problems

    17 Days

Study Arms (2)

Alcohol-Specific Personalized Normative Feedback

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive feedback about their average number of days on which alcohol was consumed, average drinks per occasion, and average number of drinks per week. This feedback will include the participant's averages reported at baseline, the participant's descriptive norm of others' averages (what they think others drank), and actual others' drinking. Feedback will be about other students at their university of the same sex.

Behavioral: Alcohol-Specific Personalized Normative Feedback

Social Media Personalized Normative Feedback

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Participants will receive feedback about their number of hours texting, on social media websites, and playing video games. This feedback will include the participant's averages reported at baseline, the participant's descriptive norm of others' averages (what they think others did), and actual others' behavior. Feedback will be about other students at their university of the same sex.

Behavioral: Social Media Personalized Normative Feedback

Interventions

Participants will receive personalized normative feedback about drinking.

Alcohol-Specific Personalized Normative Feedback

Participants will receive personalized normative feedback about social media use.

Social Media Personalized Normative Feedback

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Student at the University of Houston
  • Above 18 years of age
  • Heavy drinker (more than 4 drinks \[women\] or 5 drinks \[men\] on a single occasion in the last 2.5 weeks and drinks, on average, at least once per week.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

University of Houston

Houston, Texas, 77204, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

Interventions

Ethanol

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Drinking BehaviorBehavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

AlcoholsOrganic Chemicals

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
Masking Details
Participants will be assigned to and receive feedback via the computer. Once they have received feedback a research assistant will print this feedback for them to take home. At this time, research assistants will become unblinded to condition, but will not administer any new procedures other than answering participant questions.
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Model Details: Half of participants will be randomly assigned to receive personalized normative feedback about their drinking. The other half will be randomly assigned to receive control feedback about social media use.
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Professor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

June 1, 2018

First Posted

July 11, 2018

Study Start

April 25, 2018

Primary Completion

August 31, 2019

Study Completion

August 31, 2019

Last Updated

April 2, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-04

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

Study Protocol Informed Consent Form Analytic Code De-Identified Data

Shared Documents
STUDY PROTOCOL, ICF, ANALYTIC CODE
Time Frame
Data will be available within a year of study completion.
Access Criteria
Data will be available upon request.

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