Evaluation of AlcoholEdu for College

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Misuse

Treatments: Behavioral: AlcoholEdu for College

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01382979

R01AA016584

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study examined whether an online course for college freshmen (AlcoholEdu) had an effect on alcohol misuse and related problems, using a randomized controlled design with 30 universities.

Enrollment: 9,571 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Colleges without an online alcohol prevention course
• Able to implement AlcoholEdu course for all incoming freshmen
• Able to provide random student samples for data collection
• Able to obtain IRB approval for study

Exclusion criteria

• Already implementing alcohol prevention course for incoming freshmen
• Not able to implement online alcohol prevention course
• Not able to provide random student samples for data collection
• Not able to obtain IRB approval for study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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9,571 participants in 2 patient groups

Alcohol education and prevention

Experimental group

Description:

AlcoholEdu is an online course designed to prevent alcohol misuse and related problems among college freshmen.

Treatment:

Behavioral: AlcoholEdu for College

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group.