Brief Web-Based Alcohol Reduction Intervention for Undergraduates

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Negative Consequences of Alcohol Use; Alcohol Use; Heavy Drinking

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief brochure and assessment control; Behavioral: THRIVE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01694082

K01AA019694 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

1207010596

Details and patient eligibility

About

Tertiary Health Research Intervention Via Email (THRIVE; Kypri et al., 2009), originally utilized with Australian students, is unique in that it contains efficacious components derived from motivational interviewing (e.g., personalized feedback) and cognitive behavioral therapy (protective behavioral strategies), yet is very brief and has established efficacy. This study aims to test versions of THRIVE tailored to American college students. In addition to replicating original results with THRIVE, we will also test versions containing unique subsets of protective behavioral strategies to reduce alcohol consumption. The primary hypothesis is that versions of THRIVE will be associated with lower overall alcohol consumption than an assessment and brief brochure control condition.

Enrollment: 207 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Must be a current student at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years of age
• 25 years of age or older

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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207 participants in 4 patient groups

THRIVE replication

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this condition receive THRIVE with a full list of direct and indirect protective behavioral strategies to reduce alcohol consumption.

Treatment:

Behavioral: THRIVE

THRIVE direct strategies

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this condition receive THRIVE including a subset of protective behavioral strategies that are directly related to alcohol drinking.

Treatment:

Behavioral: THRIVE

THRIVE indirect strategies

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this condition receive THRIVE including a subset of protective behavioral strategies that are indirectly related to alcohol drinking.

Treatment:

Behavioral: THRIVE

Brief brochure and assessment control

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Participants will answer the same survey questions as participants in the THRIVE conditions, but will receive a brief alcohol-related brochure with only didactic content rather than the intervention components received by participants randomized to THRIVE conditions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief brochure and assessment control