Guided Self-Change Prevention Program for Alcohol Abuse in Adolescents in Educational Settings (PREVENALC)

Miguel Hernández University of Elche

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Abuse or Dependence

Treatments: Behavioral: Guided Self-Change therapy (GSC); Behavioral: Psychoeducation program about healthy habits

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05281172

PID2019-110400RB-I00

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study corresponds to a pretest-posttest randomized experimental design with two arms. Arm 1 includes Guided Self-Change program, and Arm 2 a psychoeducational program to promote healthy habits. This study aims to analyze the efficacy of a selective and indicated prevention program based on the Guided Self-Change model (GSC) in adolescent alcohol users between 16-18 years. Researchers hypothesize that implementation of GSC therapy will lead to a greater reduction of alcohol drinkers compare with the control condition, and will prevent alcohol abuse after 6 and 12 months.

Enrollment: 800 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 16-18 years old.
• Having inform consent from parents
• Report using alcohol at least once a month during the previous last three months

Exclusion criteria

• Participants will be excluded if they refer being diagnosed with a severe mental disorder.
• Have a severe medical illness that will limit participation
• Being under treatment for a psychological of psychiatric problem.
• Meet DSM criteria for Drug dependence to illegal drugs.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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800 participants in 2 patient groups

Guided Self-Change therapy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Guided Self-Change therapy (GSC)

Psychoeducation program about healthy habits

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychoeducation program about healthy habits