Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery Involvement and Alcohol Use Outcomes
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Sponsor
- Yale University
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in past-month alcohol use: drinking days
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study identifies whether and how online support groups may work to confer therapeutic benefits onto its participants.
Detailed Description
Online support groups (e.g., SMART Recovery) are an increasingly common non-professional intervention for people who engage in problematic alcohol use, but it is unclear how they help participants reduce their use.
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether alcohol use decreases more after attending online SMART Recovery psychoeducational support group meetings, as compared to receiving psychoeducational content alone.
The secondary objectives are to identify whether variables such as quality of life and recovery capital (i.e., resources to support recovery from addiction) relate to treatment outcomes.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Is fluent in English and have a 6th grade reading level or higher
- •AUDIT score of ≥8
- •Has some desire to cut down or quit their alcohol use
- •Has access to a phone or computer with reliable internet connection, a functional microphone and camera
- •Is willing to consent to being audio and video recorded during the meetings
Exclusion Criteria
- •Is not able to commit to the 6 weeks of intervention and the one- and three-month follow-up.
- •Has vulnerable population status (e.g., pregnant people, prisoners)
Arms & Interventions
Psychoeducation Condition
Participants receive a weekly email with a Qualtrics survey link containing psychoeducational content.
Intervention: Psychoeducational Email (Other)
Support Group Condition
Participants will attend six weekly online SMART Recovery meetings in groups of five to eight.
Intervention: Support Group (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in past-month alcohol use: drinking days
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) will be used via survey to characterize changes in alcohol and other drug use for study participants. Percent Drinking Days will be derived from self-report on TLFB.
Change in past-month alcohol drug use: heavy drinking days
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 month and 3 months
Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) will be used via survey to characterize changes in alcohol and other drug use for study participants. Percent Heavy Drinking Days will be derived from self-report on TLFB.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in Quality of Life(Baseline, 1 month and 3 months)
- Change in recovery capital(Baseline, 1 month and 3 months)