Alcohol Misuse Intervention in Active Duty US Navy Personnel

NCT04893044 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 190366
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A pilot trial among ship-board US Navy personnel surrounding a holiday weekend tested an evidence-based video on responsible drinking. Service members \>18 years were eligible to volunteer if they were aboard during data collection. Participants were randomized to intervention or control arms, with all given a brief survey before (T1) and after (T2) the weekend. The intervention arm viewed a 3-minute video at T1. A urine specimen collected at T1 and T2 for ethyl glucuronide (EtG) measurement used \>100ng/ml for significant alcohol use. Multivariable regression measured odds of detecting EtG at T2, controlling for T1 EtG detectability, age, and alcohol misuse at baseline per AUDIT-C. 86 subjects participated at T1, and 100 at T2, with complete data for 72 (control, n=34; intervention, n=38) who participated in both T1 and T2 were analyzed. Average age was 28 years with 25% and 32% reporting white or black/African-American, 54% married and 84% \<E6. At T1, 22% (n=16) and T2, 32% (n=23) had EtG\>100ng/ml. At T1, 50% and 55% in control and intervention arms respectively, screened positive for alcohol misuse by AUDIT-C; T1 AUDIT-C screen positivity was significantly associated with detecting EtG\>100ng/ml at T1 (p=0.04). Control arm EtG\>100ng/ml participants increased 1.7-fold over the weekend, from n=7 at T1 to n=12 at T2; the intervention arm had no increase in EtG\>100ng/ml participants, with n=11 at T1 and n=11 at T2.

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Use Disorder

Keywords

Military

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Urinary ethyl glucuronide (EtG)

  Alcohol metabolite

  3 days

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Consumption (AUDIT-C) score

  3 days

Study Arms (2)

Exposure

EXPERIMENTAL

These participants watched a 3 minute long video prior to a long weekend. The intent was to see if watching the video altered their alcohol consumption compared to a group that did not watch the video. Urine alcohol metabolites were measured before and after the weekend.

Behavioral: Video

Control

NO INTERVENTION

These participants did not watch a video, and their urine alcohol metabolites were measures at the same dates as the exposure group above.

Interventions

Video BEHAVIORAL

The video was a 3 minutes and based on "inoculation theory" to modify behavior towards moderating the effect of alcohol use as opposed to advising no use at all.

Exposure

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• All members of selected US Navy ship are eligible

You may not qualify if:

• Unwillingness to participate

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of New Mexico: lead
• New York University: collaborator
• John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

US Navy

San Diego, California, 92136, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• McDonell MG, Skalisky J, Leickly E, McPherson S, Battalio S, Nepom JR, Srebnik D, Roll J, Ries RK. Using ethyl glucuronide in urine to detect light and heavy drinking in alcohol dependent outpatients. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Dec 1;157:184-7. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.10.004. Epub 2015 Oct 9.

  PMID: 26475403 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism

Interventions

Videotape Recording

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Drinking Behavior; Behavior; Alcohol-Related Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Tape Recording; Audiovisual Aids; Educational Technology; Technology; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture; Television

Study Design

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

Model Details: Randomized pilot trial of video intervention

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 27, 2021
• First Posted: May 19, 2021
• Study Start: August 16, 2019
• Primary Completion: September 3, 2019
• Study Completion: October 10, 2019
• Last Updated: May 19, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)