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Timing Personalized Feedback After Alcohol Health Education

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
College Student Drinking
Interventions
Behavioral: e-checkup to go
Behavioral: Feedback booster
Registration Number
NCT04453007
Lead Sponsor
Abby Braitman
Brief Summary

Heavy episodic alcohol use within the college student population is widespread, creating problems for student drinkers, their peers, and their institutions. Negative consequences from heavy alcohol use can be mild (e.g., hangovers, missed classes), to severe (e.g., assault, even death). Although online interventions targeting college student drinking reduce alcohol consumption and associated problems, they are not as effective as in-person interventions. Online interventions are cost-effective, offer privacy, reduce stigma, and may reach individuals who would otherwise not receive treatment.

In a recently completed randomized, controlled trial, an emailed booster with personalized feedback improved the efficacy of a popular online intervention (Braitman \& Henson, 2016). A second randomized, controlled trial confirmed efficacy for students of legal drinking age for a longer timeline (Braitman \& Lau-Barraco, 2018). Although promising, the booster incorporated in the study needs further empirical refinement.

The current project seeks to build on past progress by further developing and refining the booster. In particular, to identify the most efficacious timing for sending the feedback. The content will be similar across conditions, but will be disseminated at different times to identify the most impactful timeline. There will be 6 study conditions: those who receive the emailed feedback 2, 6, 10, or 14 weeks after baseline, or at all of those times, or not at all (control). Thus, the aim of the current study is to identify optimal timing for sending the tailored booster feedback via booster email.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
195
Inclusion Criteria
  • Current college students at the sponsor institution at the time of enrollment
  • Between the ages of 18 and 24
  • Consumed at least standard drink of alcohol in the past 2 weeks
Exclusion Criteria
  • Under age of 18
  • Over age of 24
  • Not a college student
  • Did not drink alcohol in the past 2 weeks

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intervention plus 6-week feedback boostere-checkup to goParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 6 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies.
Intervention plus 10-week feedback boostere-checkup to goParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 10 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies.
Intervention plus repeated feedback boosterse-checkup to goParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the multiple feedback booster emails, 2, 6, 10, and 14 weeks later. Each time, the email contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies.
Intervention plus repeated feedback boostersFeedback boosterParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the multiple feedback booster emails, 2, 6, 10, and 14 weeks later. Each time, the email contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies.
Intervention plus 2-week feedback boostere-checkup to goParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 2 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies.
Intervention plus 2-week feedback boosterFeedback boosterParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 2 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies.
Intervention plus 14-week feedback boostere-checkup to goParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 14 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies.
Intervention plus 14-week feedback boosterFeedback boosterParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 14 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies.
Intervention-only Controle-checkup to goParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention. Any follow-up emails sent to them later contain only a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys.
Intervention plus 6-week feedback boosterFeedback boosterParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 6 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies.
Intervention plus 10-week feedback boosterFeedback boosterParticipants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 10 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Alcohol Consumptionpast 30 days

Participant self-reported number of standard drinks consumed by participant over a typical week for the past 30 days.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Alcohol-Related Consequencespast 30 days

Participant self-report on the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (YAACQ; Read, Kahler, Strong, \& Colder, 2006), which assesses alcohol-related problems experienced by the participant. Total scores are created by summing all individual items, and range from 0 to 48, with higher values representing more problems experienced (i.e., worse outcomes).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Old Dominion University

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Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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