Effectiveness of a WeChat-based Alcohol Consumption Intervention Mini-program ("Sober Time ACT") in China

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Alcohol Abuse; Alcohol Use Disorder
• Interventions: Device: Sober Time ACT

• Registration Number: NCT05827822
• Lead Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore whether "Sober Time ACT", a digital intervention tool for alcohol use developed based on wechat mini program, is effective in improving risky alcohol use among Chinese local drinkers.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Study Start: 2023-03-09
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-04-12
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-03
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-07
• Primary Completion: 2023-10
• Study Completion: 2023-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 198

Inclusion Criteria

• Above the age of 18
• The total score in line with the AUDIT scale ≧8
• Provide at least one backup contact information
• Non-illiterate, able to use smart phones without barriers
• Wechat version support small program function (6.5.3 and above)
• Understand the nature of this study and sign the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Other interventions and treatments to reduce alcohol use were given during the trial
• Severe primary or secondary cognitive dysfunction, unable to complete the screening scale and baseline questionnaire

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SEQUENTIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Punch-in Intervention Group	Sober Time ACT	4 weeks of alcohol-related daily tracking + brief assessment and intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Average number of risky drinking days per month	one month	standard drinks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression, PHQ-9	one month	Kroenke and Spitzer (2002) revised depression screening Scale Patient Health Questionnaire, PHQ-9 based on DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, and the reliability and validity of the Chinese version have been verified (Xiaoyan Sun, Yixue Li, Canqing Yu, Liming Li, 2017). There are 9 entries, 0 to 3 on a four-point scale, 0= never at all, 1= days, 2= less than half of days, 3= almost every day. Total score 0-4 for clinically insignificant depression, 5-9 for mild depression, 10-14 for moderate depression, and 15+ for major depression.
Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Use Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) score	three months	ASSIST(alcohol) was developed by the World Health Organization, based on existing screening tools, to assess risk levels for psychoactive substance use, the Chinese version has been validated for reliability and validity. There are 7 entries in the ASSIST alcohol section, and question 1 does not count towards the total score; Questions 2-5 0= never, 2= once or twice, 3= once a month, 4= once a week, 6= almost every day; Questions 6- 7,0 = never, 3= Yes but three months ago, 6= Yes in the past three months. Scores for questions 2-7 were added together to obtain an overall score for alcohol use, with 0-10 being low risk, 11-26 moderate risk, and 27+ high risk, with tertiary risk corresponding to no treatment, brief intervention, and referral to a specialist for evaluation and treatment.
willingness and confidence to abstain	one month	The 4-item Assessment Scale of awareness, readiness and confidence in the importance of behavioral change in psychoactive substance use in the Intervention manual is scored from 0 to 10. The higher the score, the higher the degree.
stages of motivation for abstinence change	one month	Developed by Dong Wang (2013) based on Prochaska and DiClemente's cross-theoretical model of behavioral change, It includes three dimensions: the precontemplation stage (P), the contemplation stage (C) and the action stage (A). There are 4 questions in each dimension. 1-5 points are scored. 1= strongly disagree, 2= disagree, 3= not sure, 4= agree, 5= strongly agree.
Anxiety, GAD-7	one month	Generalized Anxiety Disorder, GAD-7's reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the module used to screen for generalized anxiety disorder in the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) developed by Spitzer et al. (2006) (Wang Yu, Chen Ran, Zhang LAN, 2018). There are 7 entries, 0 to 3 on a four-point scale, 0= never at all, 1= days, 2= less than half of days, 3= almost every day. Total score 0-4 for clinically insignificant anxiety, 5-9 for mild anxiety, 10-14 for moderate anxiety, and 15+ for severe anxiety.
craving level	two weeks	Pennsylvania Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS) is a single factor, multidimensional scale, Chinese version of the reliability and validity has been verified. The five items assessed frequency, intensity, duration, ability to cope with drinking and average craving on a scale of 0 to 6 points, with higher scores indicating higher craving levels.
Sleep status, ISI	one month	Insomnia Severity Index, ISI was compiled by Morin et al. (2001), the Chinese version of ISI-C has been tested to have good reliability and validity, and is suitable for the evaluation of insomnia in clinical patients in China (Bai Chunjie et al., 2018), with a total of 7 items, scoring 0-4 and 5 points. Total scores were 0-7 for nonclinically significant insomnia, 8-14 for subclinical insomnia, 15-21 for moderate clinical insomnia, and 22-28 for severe clinical insomnia.
Average weekly alcohol consumption	one month	standard drinks
Stress perception, PSS-10	one month	Perceived Stress Scale, PSS-10 is the most widely used self-assessment tool for stress feeling has high reliability and validity for the version of 10 items, 0-4 points score, 0= never, 1= rarely, 2= sometimes, 3= more, 4= very common, questions 4, 5, 7, 8 score in reverse, the higher the score indicates the higher the level of perceived stress.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shanghai Mental Health Center; 🇨🇳 Shanghai, Shanghai, China