Personalized Feedback Programs for College Students

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Use, Unspecified

Treatments: Behavioral: Substance Use Feedback Program (BMI); Behavioral: Personalized Feedback Program (PFP); Behavioral: Resources

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04975191

HM20022611

R34AA027347 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of different forms of personalized feedback intended to help students make their best personal choices to support their health and well-being in college.

Full description

Risky substance use among college students is a widespread challenge that requires innovative prevention methods to address. A primary aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of receiving different types of personalized feedback on the substance use and wellbeing of college students. This preliminary efficacy will be evaluated through a multi-part randomized controlled trial comparing four conditions: (1) resources program, (2) on-line Personalized Feedback Program (PFP), (3) on-line Substance Use Feedback Program (based on brief motivational intervention (BMI) principles), and (4) PFP+BMI.

At the first time point, participants will be randomly selected into one of four conditions. Participants have an equal chance of being assigned to any one of the conditions. All participants will complete follow-up surveys at two additional timepoints (30 day follow-up; 3-month follow-up) to determine any changes that have occurred since they took part in their program at Time Point 1.

After the final survey, all participants, regardless of their initial group, will be invited to receive all of the personalized feedback components available across all conditions.

Findings from this study have great potential to enhance the effectiveness of college student substance use prevention programming and improve college student wellbeing.

Enrollment: 252 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Consent: Voluntary consent must be provided.
• Age: Students over the age of 18 may participate.
• Year in college: Newly enrolled freshmen.
• Enrollment status: Only full-time VCU students will participate.

Exclusion criteria

• Age: Under the age of 18
• Year in College: A sophomore, junior or senior
• Enrollment Status: Enrolled part-time

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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252 participants in 4 patient groups

Resources Program (RP)

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Resources

Personalized Feedback Program (PFP)

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Personalized Feedback Program (PFP)

Brief motivational intervention (BMI)

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Substance Use Feedback Program (BMI)

Combined PFP+BMI

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Substance Use Feedback Program (BMI)

Behavioral: Personalized Feedback Program (PFP)