Evaluation of an Internet-based Intervention for Hazardous Drinkers

Institut national de prevention et d'education pour la sante

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Hazardous Alcohol Consumption

Treatments: Behavioral: Minimum information; Behavioral: interactive online programme to reduce alcohol consumption

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01075685

Evalcoometre

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the investigators internet-based intervention is effective to help hazardous drinkers reducing their alcohol consumption.

Enrollment: 1,157 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score from 6 (female) or 7 (male) to 12

Trial design

1,157 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Web-based alcohol programme

Experimental group

Description:

Participants could log on to their account and access the programme whenever they wanted to. They received automated email reminders inviting them to use follow-up tools, especially the diary in order to register their alcohol intake on the previous week: * 4 weeks after starting the programme, so that they would take advantage of the monitoring stage in case they had not spontaneously done so. * 2 weeks later for 6-week follow-up.

Treatment:

Behavioral: interactive online programme to reduce alcohol consumption

Minimum information

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants could log on to their account and access the programme whenever they wanted to. At 6 week follow-up they received an automated email reminder inviting them to use the diary in order to register their alcohol intake on the previous week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Minimum information