Examining methods to support self-guided attentional bias modification for alcohol consumption in young adults

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Excess alcohol consumption; Mental Health - Addiction

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000985785
• Lead Sponsor: Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-07-13
• Last Update Posted: 9 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 102

Inclusion Criteria

(1) Adult drinkers who drink alcohol regularly (as measured by the first item on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT; Babor et al., 2001), and
(2) indicate a desire to reduce alcohol consumption (an alcohol version of the Motivation to Stop Scale (De Vocht et al., 2018) will be used to screen for motivation to reduce alcohol consumption. The MTSS consists of one item featuring seven response categories representing strength of desire to reduce drinking (e.g. (1) I don't want to cut down on drinking alcohol” to (7) I REALLY want to cut down on drinking alcohol and intend to in the next month”). Only participants who select (3) I want to cut down on drinking alcohol but haven't thought about when’ or a higher desire, will be eligible).

Exclusion Criteria

1) have no access to a desktop or laptop computer connected to reliable internet
2) are not able or willing to provide informed consent to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adherence to prescribed training trials will be measured by a count of the number of training trials completed in eight sessions over a 4 week training period. The number of training trials will be assessed by exporting database capture of each participant's usage record.[Measured after each training session (8 times).]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in self-reported number of standard alcoholic drinks consumed will be measured using the Timeline Follow Back (TLFB; Sobell & Sobell, 1992), a calendar-based instrument that has been used widely in addiction studies to measure recent consumption patterns. The 7-day version of TLFB will be presented to participants to record recent drinking consumption in the screening survey (baseline) and post-trial assessment.[At baseline and 35 days after commencement of training. ]