A Web Application to Reduce Heavy Drinking in First-time DWI Offenders

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Driving While Intoxicated; Heavy Drinking; Alcohol Abstinence; Driving Under the Influence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Treatment as usual; Behavioral: Right Turns web application

• Registration Number: NCT02071836
• Lead Sponsor: Behavior Therapy Associates, LLP

Brief Summary

The overall objective of this project is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a web application for first-time DWI offenders that will provide them with an age-appropriate brief motivational intervention (BMI) to motivate them to reduce their drinking and a cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI) for to help them achieve and maintain abstinence. The goal is to reduce heavy drinking and consequently the risk for future drunk driving.

The specific objectives of this Phase II are:

* Completing the development of the Right Turns prototype based on feedback from the Phase I pilot study participants. This includes: providing more structure and guidance as participants work in the Tool Box section of the program; simplifying the content of the Tool Box; further R\&D in the text messaging feature for 2nd and 3rd tier cellular providers; implement a customized pdf report function for progress reports from the program to users' probation officers (under control of the user); developing a follow-up component and outcome reports; and revising the videos in the Tool Box to reflect greater diversity and a younger population of drinkers.

* Conducting a randomized clinical trial of the program with first time DWI/DUI offenders who are recruited locally, collecting follow-up data, analyzing the data, and reporting the results.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-02-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-02-25
• Study First Posted: 2014-02-26
• Study Start: 2014-05
• Primary Completion: 2016-08
• Study Completion: 2016-08
• Status Verified: 2016-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 2017-02-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 58

Inclusion Criteria

• be a first-time DWI offender
• have a 5th grade reading level
• has a computer with Internet access at home
• own a cell phone with text messaging

Exclusion Criteria

• age less than 18
• recent history of uncontrolled psychotic or bipolar behavior
• evidence of significant cognitive impairment from brain dysfunction (e.g., head injury)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment as usual	Treatment as usual	Treatment as usual
Right Turns web application	Right Turns web application	Right Turns web application
Right Turns web application	Treatment as usual	Right Turns web application

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quantity/frequency of alcohol use: Form 90	3 months	Quantity/frequency of drinking in previous 3 months
Inventory of Drug Use Consequences (InDuC)	3 months	Quantity/frequency of alcohol and drug related problems in the previous 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-efficacy	at enrollment	The Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy scale measures one's confidence in remaining abstinent in various situations.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Behavior Therapy Associates, LLC; 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States