Brief Binge Eating and Drinking Online Intervention

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Binge Eating; Binge Drinking
• Interventions: Behavioral: Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention

• Registration Number: NCT06326099
• Lead Sponsor: University of Southern California

Brief Summary

This pilot project targets both binge drinking and binge eating behavior in college students through a mobile-based online program that provides students with evidence-based intervention material designed to reduce the incidence of both behaviors and encourage students to seek more formal in-person counseling.

Detailed Description

Despite the prevalence of binge drinking and binge eating behaviors among college students, few students seek care for either. Intervening with college students early is essential as untreated symptoms of binge drinking and binge eating behaviors can become more severe and persistent over time, often leading to diagnosed disorders and lasting consequences on students' social functioning, physical health, and educational attainment. Thus, the major goal of this research study is to target both binge drinking and binge eating behavior in college students through a mobile-based online program that provides students with evidence-based intervention material designed to reduce the incidence of both behaviors, as well as encourage students to seek more formal in-person counseling. The intervention combines two innovations to facilitate behavior change: (1) personalized drinking and binge eating intervention content with harm reduction and cognitive behavioral skills proven to be efficacious in reducing these problematic behaviors among college students delivered via (2) a mobile-based program that increases accessibility, is easy and engaging to use, and broadens the accessibility of the intervention content to an often non-treatment seeking group. The intervention is informed by evidence-based practices, with student and expert feedback, to help limit alcohol consumption, engage in healthier eating behaviors, and practice alternate strategies to manage negative affect.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-03-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-03-15
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-22
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-18
• Last Update Posted: 2024-06-21
• Study Start: 2024-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2026-04-30
• Study Completion: 2026-04-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• full time undergraduate student at the study site
• between the ages of 18 and 24
• ability to speak and read English
• at least two occasions of binge drinking (5 or more drinks in a row for males, 4 (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control) in the past 28 days
• at least two occasions of binge eating (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control)151 in the past 28 days
• no receipt of mental health or substance use care in the past month.

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Exclusion Criteria

• not meeting eligibility criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention	Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention	The intervention is a 30 minute mobile phone program designed to address binge eating and drinking. The program addresses underlying loss of control, impulsivity, and emotion regulation common to both binge drinking and binge eating through videos, interactive activities, and psychoeducation.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Frequency of past 28-day binge eating	Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up	Number of binge eating episodes in the past 28 days
Frequency of past 28-day binge drinking	Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up	Number of binge drinking episodes in the past 28 days
Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (B-YAACQ)	Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up	21 alcohol-related consequences experienced in the past month. Sum positive responses to get a score from 0 to 24 (higher score indicates greater number of consequences)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder Treatment History Inventory	Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up	Utilization of mental health and/or substance use care