Testing Brief Personalized Feedback Integrating EMA Alcohol Cue Information

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Problem Drinking; Alcohol Drinking
• Interventions: Behavioral: Alcohol Cue Reactivity Personalized Feedback Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT05373706
• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington

Brief Summary

This study aims to develop a brief intervention that incorporates ecological momentary assessments (EMAs; i.e., four brief surveys per day for 17 days) to create personalized feedback targeting high-risk alcohol use among young adult drinkers. The intervention mainly focuses on providing feedback on individuals' drinking desire and how it varies as a function of a number of real-world factors. Other psycho-educational alcohol-related content is also provided in the intervention including strategies for decreasing exposure to cues that increase drinking desires and how to cope with increased desire to drink. This brief intervention will be used in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing young adults who receive the intervention with those who only complete identical assessments.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to develop and test a brief intervention that provides personalized feedback to young adults using participants' own event-level, real-world experiences. The aim of the intervention is to increase young adults' awareness of their desire to drink as it varies as a function of a number of real-world factors including alcohol cues, social context, physical context, anticipation of later drinking, mood, and time of day. The intervention also aims to equip young adults with strategies for reducing exposure to factors that increase their desire to drink, how to cope with an increased desire to drink, and how to reduce potential harms from drinking.

This brief personalized feedback intervention is used in a randomized controlled trial comparing young adults who receive the intervention with those who complete the EMAs but do not receive any personalized feedback. Assessments include an eligibility survey, baseline assessment, 17 days of EMAs (4x/day), and follow-up assessments occurring 2-weeks and 3-months post-intervention. The 2-week and 3-month follow-ups occurred 2-weeks and 3-months, respectively, from Day 17 of the EMA period, because the intervention was delivered on Day 17. The intervention will be examined for its feasibility, acceptability, and its effects in reducing alcohol-related outcomes at the follow-up assessments.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-29
• Study First Submitted: 2022-05-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-09
• Study First Posted: 2022-05-13
• Primary Completion: 2023-05-01
• Study Completion: 2023-05-01
• Results First Submitted: 2024-04-30
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-06-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-03
• Results First Posted: 2024-06-04
• Last Update Posted: 2024-06-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 99

Inclusion Criteria

• 1. Between ages 18-24, 2) Lives in Washington state, 3) Reports drinking at least two days per week in the last six months, 4) Reports at least one heavy drinking episode (4+/5+ drinks for women/men) in the past month, 5) Open to changing drinking behavior, 6) Schedule allows for participation in study with daily surveys, 7) Able to attend Zoom training session, 8) Must have cellphone for daily surveys.

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Exclusion Criteria

• 1. Actively seeking treatment for alcohol use, 2) Currently participating in another study in our research center regarding young adult drinking behavior.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cue Reactivity Personalized Feedback Intervention (PFI)	Alcohol Cue Reactivity Personalized Feedback Intervention	Participants randomized to the Cue Reactivity PFI condition will receive personalized feedback at the end of completing 17 days of ecological momentary assessments (EMAs) four times a day. The personalized feedback will be delivered online and contains information summarizing participants' desire to drink as it varied as a function of several real-world factors across the 17-day EMA period.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Penn Alcohol Craving Scale	Baseline, 2 week follow-up, and 3 month follow-up	Self-reported subjective alcohol craving during the past week. Response options were scored from "0" to "6" with text varying across items. A sum score of the five items was calculated and the possible range was from 0-30. Higher scores reflect more craving.
Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire	Baseline, 2 week follow-up, and 3 month follow-up	Participants responded "no" (0) or "yes" (1) to whether they experienced each of 24 consequences during the \[past 3 months for baseline and 3-month follow-up; past two weeks for 2-week follow-up\]. A sum of the number of negative alcohol-related consequences was calculated and the possible range was 0-24.
Daily Drinking Questionnaire	Baseline, 2 week follow-up, and 3 month follow-up	Number of standard drinks consumed on each day of a typical week during the \[past 3 months for baseline and 3-month follow-up; past two weeks for 2-week follow-up\]. Participants responded on a scale from 0 (0 drinks) to 25 (25 or more drinks). Totals for each day are summed to calculate the typical number of drinks consumed per week.
Number of Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasions	Baseline, 2 week follow-up, and 3 month follow-up	Participants were asked, "During the past two weeks, how many times did you have \[4/5 for females/males\] or more drinks at one sitting?". Participants responded on a scale from 0 (0 times) to 10 (10 or more times) and possible range was 0-10.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Washington; 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States