Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

University of Pittsburgh

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Alcohol-Related Harm; Harm Reduction; Alcohol Problem

Treatments: Behavioral: Food4Thought; Behavioral: Singularities Game

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06215664

R01AA030017 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

STUDY23030071

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of a game-based intervention to reduce alcohol-related harms among sexual and gender minority youth.

Enrollment: 1,992 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Able to participate in English
• Live in the U.S.,
• 14-18 years old
• Have a sexual minority identity (i.e., gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer) or a gender minority identity (i.e., consider themselves to be transgender or nonbinary),
• Have an internet-accessible computer, smart phone, or tablet,
• Provide an email address.
• Have drank alcohol in their lifetime or intend to in the next year.

Exclusion criteria

• Cisgender heterosexuals.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,992 participants in 2 patient groups

Singularities Game

Experimental group

Description:

Singularities is an online game.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Singularities Game

Food4Thought

Active Comparator group

Description:

Food4Thought is an attention control condition in which we provide participants with similar amounts of research team contact and program contact as the intervention. Participants will play the game Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition, developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Participants are instructed to build healthy meals using cuisine from around the world while ensuring they stick to a budget and meet all their nutritional needs. Food4Thought will be delivered via Qualtrics.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Food4Thought