Resource Allocation for Alcohol

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Alcohol Drinking
• Interventions: Other: assessment only control; Behavioral: Resource Allocation

• Registration Number: NCT06432361
• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington

Brief Summary

A total of 150 young adults (ages 21-29) will be randomized to receive a brief alcohol intervention (intended to reduce alcohol-related resource allocation (e.g., time and money spent on alcohol), alcohol consumption, and alcohol related consequences) or an assessment only control condition.

All participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation.

All participants will complete a 1 and 3 month follow up survey. Participants can earn up to $126 for completing all study components.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Study First Submitted: 2024-05-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-05-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-28
• Study First Posted: 2024-05-29
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-29
• Study Start: 2025-03
• Primary Completion: 2026-03
• Study Completion: 2026-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• 1)21-29 years old, 2) reside within WA state, 3) report drinking 2+ days per week, on average, in the last six months, 4) report 4+ heavy drinking episodes (4+/5+ for women/men) in the past month,

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Exclusion Criteria

• 1. currently enrolled in a 4-year college, 2) currently in or seeking treatment for alcohol use

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Assessment only control	assessment only control	Participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.
Resource Allocation Intervention	Resource Allocation	Participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete. Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation (e.g., personalized information on how they spent their time and money) in relation to their personal goals, interests, and alcohol use. They will also see a summary of how they spent their time and money in relation to their set goals for the week. The information in the intervention feedback will be obtained from participant's responses to the daily surveys on how they spent their time and money each day. Reviewing the intervention feedback should take no longer than 10 minutes.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Alcohol-related problems	past 1 month	We will assess the number of alcohol-related consequences experienced using the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index.
Standard drinks containing alcohol-	past 1 month	We will assess the number of standard drinks, containing alcohol in a typical week collected on the Daily Drinking Questionnaire DDQ; Collins et al., 1985; Kivlahan et al., 1990)
Alcohol Demand	past 1 month	Alcohol demand will be assessed with the Alcohol Purchase Task.
Time allocation	past 1 month	Time allocation will be assessed (Murphy et al.,2012) where participants will indicate, on average, how many hours they spend in a typical week in various domains including alcohol-related domains.