A Mobile Intervention for Black Individuals Who Engage in Hazardous Drinking
- Conditions
- Alcohol AbuseAnxiety
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Mobile Application
- Registration Number
- NCT06416059
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Houston
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to develop and examine a culturally adapted, mobile health application for the Android and iOS platform. The application uses a personalized feedback intervention (PFI) designed to enhance knowledge regarding adverse anxiety-alcohol interrelations, increase motivation and intention to reduce hazardous drinking, and reduce positive attitudes and intention regarding anxiety-related alcohol use among Black hazardous drinkers with clinical anxiety.
- Detailed Description
Investigators will develop a culturally adapted, brief, single-session PFI delivered via a mobile health application for the Android and iOS platform through an iterative approach using expert input and semi-structured interview sessions. Next, Black hazardous drinkers with clinical anxiety will assess program navigation and conduct usability testing. Finally, Black hazardous drinkers with clinical anxiety will be recruited to complete the final prototype of the mobile health application in order to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and initial effects. Initial screening will be conducted via Zoom; baseline and post-treatment data will be collected via Zoom and 1-week, 1-month, and 3-months follow-up data will be collected remotely.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
- Being 21 years of age or older
- Self-identifying as Black or African American
- Meeting criteria for current hazardous drinking pattern
- Meeting criteria for clinical anxiety
- Being able to provide written, informed consent
- Owning a smartphone.
- Current participation in alcohol or other substance abuse treatment
- Engaged in psychotherapy for anxiety or depression
- Concurrent use of medication for anxiety or depression
- Being pregnant by self-report
- Residence outside of the United States confirmed via survey geolocation
- Inability to provide a valid United States-issued driver's license or identification card to verify identity.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Mobile Application Mobile Application Participants complete a 45 minute intervention at baseline and will have access to intervention material for up to 3-months after the baseline appointment via the mobile health application.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI Completion The 5-item Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale will be used to assess anxiety symptom severity and impairment. Each of the items is rated on a Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 4. Items are summed to produce a total score (possible range 0 to 20). A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI Completion The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test will be used to assess drinking quantity, craving, and related consequences to alcohol use. The 10 items are rated with various Likert-type scales. The measure produces a total score by adding all of the items of the measure with higher scores indicating greater problems with alcohol (possible range 0 to 40). A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Motivation to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Scale Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI Completion The 1-item Motivation to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Scale will be used to measure current motivation/intention to reduce alcohol. Participants will be asked to select the statement that best describes their motivation/intention to reduce drinking (e.g., "I really want to cut down on drinking alcohol and intend to in the next month"). Higher scores on this measure indicate greater motivation/intention to reduce alcohol consumption (possible range (0-7).
Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI Completion The Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised will be used to assess expectancies of drinking. For the current study, the 28-item questionnaire will be used as a measure of expectancies of drinking to reduce/cope with anxiety. The measure utilizes a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (almost never/never) to 5 (almost always/always). Scores are averaged with higher scores indicating greater expectancies of drinking to reduce/cope with anxiety (possible range 1 to 5).
Alcohol Attitudes Scale Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI Completion The 7-item Alcohol Attitudes Scale will be utilized to measure maladaptive attitudes for drinking (e.g., "Drinking alcohol is good"). Items are rated on a Likert-type scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Scores will be averaged to create a composite score (possible range 1 to 7). Higher scores indicate greater maladaptive attitudes for drinking.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
RESTORE Laboratory: Research on Emotion, Substance Treatment Outcomes, and Racial Equity
🇺🇸Houston, Texas, United States