Piloting a Novel Social Support Intervention for Addiction Recovery
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Alcohol; Harmful Use
- Sponsor
- Yale University
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Recruitment Feasibility
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research study is to determine whether using a web-based intervention is feasible, acceptable, and helpful for people who engage in hazardous alcohol use and want to cut down or quit.
Detailed Description
This pilot study will determine the feasibility and acceptability of a novel online social support intervention (Let's Do Addiction Recovery Together!, abbreviated as LDART) that uses pre-recorded videos created by members of recovery support services to help individuals in early recovery from hazardous alcohol use sustain motivation during recovery and introduce them to freely available recovery support services in the community. The investigators will recruit participants to use the web-based intervention daily for a month; they will also fill in questionnaires about their substance use and engagement with recovery support services at the beginning and end of the study to determine preliminary efficacy.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •18 years of age or older
- •Is at the time of study participation residing in Connecticut, USA
- •Is fluent in English and has a 6th grade reading level or higher
- •Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score of ≥8
- •Has had at least one heavy drinking day in the past month
- •Has some desire to cut down or quit their alcohol use
- •Has a smartphone or computer with access to internet
Exclusion Criteria
- •Has vulnerable population status (e.g., pregnant people, prisoners)
- •Is at the time of study participation receiving in-patient psychiatric treatment involving hospitalization
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Recruitment Feasibility
Time Frame: Baseline
Feasibility of recruitment is measured as the number of adults who consent to study participation divided by the number of months the trial recruits for.
Retention Feasibility
Time Frame: One-month post-intervention (Day 56)
Retention rate is calculated as the number of participants who complete the study divided by the number of participants who consented to participating in the study.
Intervention Acceptability (Engagement With Intervention)
Time Frame: Duration of intervention (Days 1-28)
Acceptability is calculated as the number of nights participants login to LDART within the 28-day window.
Intervention Acceptability (Subjective Experience)
Time Frame: Post-intervention (Day 28)
Acceptability is measured with a 9-item self-report acceptability assessment questionnaire. This comprises questions regarding the motivational and supportive properties of the content, perceptions on the frequency of engaging with the intervention, and whether they enjoyed using the intervention. Each question is rated on a 5-point Likert scale, where higher values indicate greater acceptability. There will also be two open-ended questions for participants to indicate what they liked and did not like about the intervention and ways to improve it. Data reported here reflects percentage of participants who answered "agree" or "strongly agree" to the question: "I would recommend LDART to someone trying to cut down or quit drinking".
Secondary Outcomes
- Percentage of Drinking Days Per Month(Day 0 (Pre-intervention), 28 (Post-intervention), and 56 (1-month post-intervention))
- Percentage of Heavy Drinking Days Per Month(Day 0 (Pre-intervention), 28 (Post-intervention), and 56 (1-month post-intervention))
- Hours Spent Engaging With Recovery Support Services(Day 0 (Pre-intervention), 28 (Post-intervention), and 56 (1-month post-intervention))
- World Health Organization Quality of Life - Brief Version(Day 0 (Pre-intervention), 28 (Post-intervention), and 56 (1-month post-intervention))
- Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital(Day 0 (Pre-intervention), 28 (Post-intervention), and 56 (1-month post-intervention))