Motivating Campus Change Project Pilot Study (MC2 Pilot)

University of Washington

Status: Completed

Conditions: Drinking Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Simultaneous Post Feedback Intervention Delivery; Behavioral: Text Message Boosters; Behavioral: Sequential Post Feedback Intervention Delivery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03962751

R56AA012547-11A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

STUDY00004630

R01AA012547-11A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study tests the optimization and delivery feasibility of personalized feedback interventions to address harmful alcohol use among college students.

Full description

This study builds upon the latest alcohol intervention literature to develop and test the next wave of personalized feedback interventions (PFIs) to address harmful alcohol use among college students. The purpose of this research is to determine optimal configuration of PFIs to take advantage of the clarity and initial impact of single-component PFIs and greater effect size and duration of personalized multi-component PFIs. The Investigators seek to increase and evaluate engagement with the PFI and text-message materials and boost innovation of both content and process of the intervention. In addition to PFI content and delivery, the investigators will use qualitative and quantitative methods to determine personal relevance of the chosen high-risk events among a sample of students who engage in heavy episodic drinking to better understand duration of PFI effects impacted by fluctuations in drinking associated with high-risk events. Prior interventions have targeted drinking in general or a single high-risk drinking event (e.g., Spring Break), but have not targeted both general and event-specific drinking together. These enhanced intervention effects, could have a significant impact on risks associated with college student drinking, and can be rapidly disseminated and implemented on campuses nationwide to address the public health problem posed by heavy episodic drinking among college students.

This study conducts a screening/baseline assessment to collect quantitative data on high risk drinking situations and related norms and screens participants for eligibility for the Pilot Feasibility Study. The purpose of the Pilot Feasibility Study is to test the feasibility of sending participants web-based personalized feedback targeting their general drinking behavior in a single dose (Simultaneous) versus broken up into 4 components administered one week apart (Sequential) with half of participants in each group also being randomly selected to receive a text message booster component targeting drinking during their upcoming birthday celebration.

Enrollment: 250 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• birthday that falls withing summer/ fall 2018 assessment window
• at least 1 heavy episodic drinking episode in the past month
• at least 3 negative alcohol related consequences on Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index/ Young Adult Alcohol Problems Screening Test in the past 3 months
• intend to consume alcohol over the week of their birthday
• Indicate they own a cell phone with text message capabilities and consent to receiving text messages

Exclusion criteria

• Doesn't meet inclusion criteria
• Unwillingness to participate
• Failure to provide consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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250 participants in 5 patient groups

Sequential Post Feedback Information Delivery

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive the first component of their PFI immediately following Baseline and subsequently receive 1 component each week until they receive all 4 components. Participants will complete a Post Feedback Survey and a 3 week follow back and Knowledge assessment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sequential Post Feedback Intervention Delivery

Sequential Post Feedback Information Delivery +Text Messages

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive the first component of their PFI immediately following Baseline and subsequently receive 1 component each week until they receive all 4 components. Participants will complete a Post Feedback Survey and a 3 week follow back and Knowledge assessment. Additionally, participants receive the Text Message Booster Component in the days before and during their birthday celebration(s).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Text Message Boosters

Behavioral: Sequential Post Feedback Intervention Delivery

Simultaneous Post Feedback Information Delivery

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive all 4 feedback components immediately after providing consent to the Pilot Feasibility Study following the Screening/Baseline Survey. Participants complete a brief 10 minute Post-Feedback Survey and a 3 Week Followup Survey to assess knowledge of the intervention feedback content.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Simultaneous Post Feedback Intervention Delivery

Simultaneous Post Feedback Information Delivery +Text Messages

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive all 4 feedback components immediately after providing consent to the Pilot Feasibility Study following the Screening/Baseline Survey. Participants complete a brief 10 minute Post-Feedback Survey and a 3 Week Followup Survey to assess knowledge of the intervention feedback content. Additionally, participants receive the Text Message Booster Component in the days before and during their birthday celebration(s).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Simultaneous Post Feedback Intervention Delivery

Behavioral: Text Message Boosters

Baseline Assessment Only

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants complete baseline survey and conclude participation.