Reduction of harmful alcohol and tobacco use in the general population by individualized e-coach assisted computer or smartphone interventions. Study part 1

Not Applicable

• Conditions: hazardous alcohol consumption (women >12 g/d, men > 24g/d); F10.1; F 17.1; F 17.2

• Registration Number: DRKS00007860
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Tübingen

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-12-09
• Study Completion: 2016-07-06
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

Inclusion Criteria

harmful alcohol consumption (> 12g alcohol/day in women; > 24 g alcohol/day in men or at least one binge-drinking-day/month defined as at least 4 drinks/day in women and at least 5 drinks/day in men);
smoking at least 5 cigarettes per day for the last 4 weeks, smoking duration at least 2 years;
sufficient language capability;
access to the internet at least once per week (PC or smartphone)

Exclusion Criteria

Moderate/Severe Alcohol Use Disorder (DSM 5);
Severe cognitive impairment (clinician's assessment; ICD-10 F0x, F72);
Severe organic disease which enables eligibility (clinician's assessment, e.g. moribund patient);
bipolar disorder or schizophrenia (self report, ICD 10 F2x, F31);
consumption of illicit drugs during the last 5 years (ICD 10 F10, F11-F16, F18, F19);
Treatment utilisation because of alcohol or tobacco use during the last 4 weeks prior to enrolment in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
tilization and practicability of the developed online/smartphone application by computer-aided qualitative content analysis of research data gained from focus groups (N=30 subjects, 5 interview groups, 5-8 subjects each) 4 weeks after completing treatment of N=40 subjects receiving the newly developed experimental intervention CS-I (no control group).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Alcohol and tocbabbcco use (amount and frequency; Timeline Followback) and motivation to change (Prochaska und DiClemente; Likert-Scale) weekly during receiving the newly developed online-intervention.