Evaluating Telehealth Delivery of Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Alcohol Consumption
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
- Enrollment
- 600
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Alcohol use
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
This research study will test the efficacy of a telehealth version of the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS), which is the gold standard prevention and intervention approach to target heavy alcohol use on college campuses across the United States.
Detailed Description
In this study, the researchers will evaluate the efficacy of a tele-BASICS approach utilizing the ZOOM application compared to in-person BASICS and a lower threshold treatment as usual intervention. Three hundred mandated and 300 volunteer students who report hazardous drinking will be recruited from two large universities and randomly assigned to a condition (in-person BASICS, Tele-BASICS, or treatment as usual). Follow-up assessments will occur 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-baseline. The significance of this research lies in the potential to maximize access to the highest standard of care by establishing support for easier access without sacrificing any central features of the traditional BASICS intervention. In addition, many universities pragmatically adapted existing in-person interventions to remote-telehealth approaches in response to the COVID pandemic but now have no scientific basis for determining whether transitioning back to in-person approaches would be beneficial.
Investigators
Eric Pedersen
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Southern California
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •between 18 and 26 years of age
- •fluent in understanding English
- •a registered student at one of the two intervention sites
- •adequate internet capabilities to support video-conferencing
- •access to a webcam, which is a standard features of most laptops, mobile devices, and desktops
- •engage in binge drinking (i.e., 4 or more standard drinks in a sitting for women or 5 or more standard drinks in a sitting for men) at least once in the past month (for the volunteer sample only)
- •experienced at least one negative alcohol-related consequence in the previous month (mandated students would meet this due to receiving an alcohol sanction)
- •reports a score of 2 or higher on questions about a) interest in reducing their drinking, or b) interest in not increasing their drinking.
Exclusion Criteria
- •not meeting inclusion criteria or unwillingness to participate
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Alcohol use
Time Frame: Assessed over the course of 12 months
Quantity and frequency of alcohol use in the past month (i.e., how many days drank and how many drinks per occasion). Assessed at baseline and then 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-baseline.
Alcohol-related consequences
Time Frame: Assessed over the course of 12 months
Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire assesses past month consequences from alcohol use. Higher scores indicate more endorsement of the 24 consequences (yes/no) items on the scale. Outcome assessed at baseline and then 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months post-baseline
Secondary Outcomes
- Completion rates(One time assessment at end of program, after 1 session is completed 1 to 2 weeks post-baseline)