High Schools- High on Life: an Intervention to Reduce Excessive Drinking in Danish High Schools

NCT03906500 | Terminated DMC

• 1 other identifier: 15/4155_2
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 3,682
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

High schools High on life' intervention is a high school-based, multi-component intervention guided by theory, evidence, and empirical findings to reduce excessive drinking among Danish high school students. The study will employ a cluster-randomized controlled study design: investigators plan to include a random sample of at least 12 high schools randomly 1:1 allocated to either intervention or control group. Timeline: Baseline data will be obtained from the Danish National Youth Study 2019, collected in January to March 2019. Delivery of intervention: August 2019 to January 2020. Follow-up survey: April to May 2020. Primary outcome measure: mean number of binge-drinking episodes within the last 30 days. Secondary outcome measures: weekly alcohol consumption, alcohol intake at last school party, alcohol intake at the school during last school party, number of students that agrees that they are able to have fun at a party without drinking, and the proportion of students that think alcohol plays a too dominant part at the school. Implementation will be monitored thorough process evaluation.

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

Keywords

Adolescence; Alcohol use; High school

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mean number of binge drinking occasions within the last 30 days

  30% lower number of binge drinking occasions within the last 30 days

  12 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Weekly alcohol consumption

  12 months

• Alcohol intake at last school party

  12 months

• Alcohol intake at the school during last school party

  12 months

• Proportion that think alcohol play a too dominant part at the school

  12 months

Other Outcomes (3)

• Social inclusion

  12 months

• Marihuana use

  12 months

• Other drug use

  12 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention consist of three main components. School environmental component The component targeting the high school environment consisted of two separate elements: * Revision of school alcohol policy * Appointment of coordinator(s) of student committees organizing events, where alcohol is sold, and student introduction committee. Student components The Student components consisted of three main elements: * Web-based education for the student committees organizing events where alcohol is sold and the student introduction committee * Pocket movie campaign * Social norms campaign Parent components The parent component consisted of three separate elements: * Parent Information Meeting * Parent Information Folder * Parent Information Website

Behavioral: High schools High on Life

control group

NO INTERVENTION

Control high schools was asked to continue business as usual and promised to receive the intervention in the school year starting in 2020

Interventions

High schools High on Life BEHAVIORAL

The intervention consist of three main components. Environmental factors of the school environment The component targeting the high school environment consisted of two separate elements: * Revision of school alcohol policy * Appointment of coordinator(s) of student committees organizing events, where alcohol is sold, and student introduction committee. Student component The Student components consisted of three main elements: * Online education for the student committees organizing events where alcohol is sold and the student introduction committee * Pocket movie campaign competition * Social norms campaign Parent component The parent component consisted of three separate elements: * Parent Information Meeting * Parent Information Folder * Parent Information Website

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Enrolled in High school that participate in The Danish National Youth Study 2019
• General High Schools

You may not qualify if:

• non General High schools students
• non participation in The Danish National Youth Study 2019

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Southern Denmark: lead
• Danish Cancer Society: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

National Institute of Public Health

Copenhagen, 1455, Denmark

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Pisinger VSC, Hoffmann SH, Palsson L, Dalum P, Gronbaek MK, Tolstrup JS, Thygesen LC, Krolner RF. 'High schools High on life': Development of an Intervention to Reduce Excessive Drinking in Danish High Schools. Front Public Health. 2020 Sep 15;8:435. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00435. eCollection 2020.

  PMID: 33042935 DERIVED

• Pisinger VSC, Hoffmann S, Rosing JA, Gronbaek M, Tolstrup JS, Thygesen L, Krolner R. Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of the 'High schools High on life' intervention on reducing excessive drinking in Danish high schools. BMJ Open. 2020 Aug 6;10(8):e038857. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038857.

  PMID: 32764089 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Drinking Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Veronica Pisinger

  the national institute of public health, Southern Denmark University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research assistent

Model Details: The study will employ a cluster-randomized controlled study design: investigators plan to include a random sample of at least 12 high schools randomly 1:1 allocated to either intervention or control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 29, 2019
• First Posted: April 8, 2019
• Study Start: April 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: August 30, 2021
• Study Completion: August 30, 2021
• Last Updated: October 6, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (1)