Tracking Mood: The Effects of Daily Mood Tracking VAS on Alcohol Consumption in Adult Heavy Drinkers

NCT06419647 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: MOODSTUDYALCOHOL
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,000
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The study aims to investigate the effects that mood tracking may have on the alcohol consumption of adults who consume more than 20 UK units of alcohol per week, classifying as high-risk drinkers. The intervention group will track their mood on a daily basis with a visual analogue scale, while the control group will report their daily time spent online. The hypothesis, based on a series of prior pilot studies on alcohol tracking methods, is that mood tracking can reduce alcohol consumption in high-risk drinkers and therefore be a suitable addition to interventions related to decreasing alcohol consumption in heavy drinkers. The study will be conducted online through the Prolific platform.

Conditions

Alcohol Abuse; Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol Use Disorder; Alcohol Dependence; Alcohol Intoxication

Keywords

Alcohol; AUD; Mood tracking; EMA; Emotional monitoring; Alcohol tracking

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• TLFB

  Timeline followbacks completed of consumed alcohol units reflecting alcohol units (UK) of alcohol consumed before the study and throughout the study

  3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• GAD-7

  3 weeks

• PHQ-9

  3 weeks

• RCQ

  3 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants complete daily mood tracking and weekly timeline followbacks of alcohol use

Behavioral: Intervention

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants complete daily logs of time spent online and weekly timeline followbacks of alcohol use

Interventions

Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Daily mood tracking tasks

Also known as: Alcohol tracking, Mood tracking, Emotional monitoring, EMA

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: Gender options provided are as follows: Male, Female, Non-binary, Transgender man, Transgender woman, Other, Prefer not to say
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Speaking fluent English
• being over 18 years of age
• High completion rates of previous studies on the Prolific platform
• Being located in the United Kingdom
• Consuming over 20 UK units of alcohol per week

You may not qualify if:

• Having an ongoing mental health condition

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ilona Myllyniemi: lead
• University of Cambridge: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Alcoholism; Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholic Intoxication

Interventions

Methods; Ethanol

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative Techniques; Alcohols; Organic Chemicals

Study Officials

• Valerie Voon, PhD, MD

  University of Cambridge

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Valerie Voon, PhD, MD

CONTACT

01223768504; vv247@cam.ac.uk

Ilona S Myllyniemi, PhD Student

CONTACT

ism31@cam.ac.uk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD Student

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 13, 2024
• First Posted: May 17, 2024
• Study Start: May 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2025
• Study Completion: December 1, 2025
• Last Updated: May 17, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share