Health warning labels and alcohol selection study
- Conditions
- Excess alcohol consumptionMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN18275963
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Cambridge
- Brief Summary
2020 non-peer-reviewed results in preprint in https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kr578 (added 12/02/2021) 2021 results inhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33861881/ (added 19/04/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 399
1. 18+ years old
2. Able to read and write in English
3. Regular drinkers (i.e. consume beer or wine at least once a week)
4. Purchases supermarket products (food and drink) for household at least monthly
5. Shops regularly (at least monthly) in a physical supermarket store
6. Available to attend at least one time slot for each of the study arms (one each for Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 session). This means that when participants are randomised to one of the arms, it is certain that they will be able to attend at least one time slot for that session.
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of total drinks selected that are alcoholic in the pseudo-purchasing task
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Pseudo-purchasing indices:<br> 1.1. Total spend on alcoholic drinks<br> 1.2. Spend on alcoholic drinks as a proportion of total spend<br> 1.3. Number of alcohol units selected: the total number of alcohol units will be calculated from the selected alcohol.<br> 2. Post intervention:<br> 2.1. Negative emotional arousal generated by health warning labels, assessed using a four-item measure, previously used to assess the impact of warning labels on cigarette packages<br> 2.2. Acceptability of health warning labels, assessed using one item, adapted from previous research assessing the impact of sugar tax<br>