Pilot Trial to Evaluate PROblem Solving Therapy and APPLE Watch for College Students

University of Illinois

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Use Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Education-only control group; Behavioral: PST-APPLE Watch group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06333288

2024-0268

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goals of this Pilot Trial are to test the preliminary efficacy of Problom-Solving Therapy (PST)-APPLE Watch in a 2-arm pilot Randomized Control Trial (RCT), vs education only-control to reduce alcohol use disorder symptoms and improve alcohol abstinence.

Full description

The aims of this study are (1) to test feasibility & acceptability of screening for AUD symptoms/alcohol misuse and recruitment among college students, and (2) to test preliminary efficacy of PST-APPLE Watch in a 2-arm pilot Randomized Control Trial (RCT).

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female college students aged 18-25 yr
• English-speaking
• Current alcohol use more than or equal to 2 days/week via phone screening
• Completion of AUDIT screening and meet criteria for (past year) mild, moderate or severe AUD during AUDADIS-5 interview
• Completion of written informed consent
• Interested in cutting back alcohol intake or changing his/her drinking
• Baseline screening study visit

Exclusion criteria

• Participation in past 6 months in AUD or substance use treatment
• Current use of medications used to treat AUD (e.g., naltrexone)
• Lifetime Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or any psychotic disorder
• Current use of psychoactive drugs
• Not currently enrolled in college
• Not interested in cutting back alcohol intake or changing his/her drinking
• Pregnancy or intention to become pregnant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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26 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment group

Other group

Description:

The intervention group will receive individual PST (60 min individual sessions for 6 weeks, in addition to engaging with APPLE Watch features including fitness tracking (such as regular walks), heart rate, and sleep management on a daily basis. Throughout the final 6 individual self-engaged sessions, participants will persist in engaging and utilizing APPLE Watch features, incorporating daily fitness tracking (such as regular walks), wellness applications, and sleep management and apply PST.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PST-APPLE Watch group

Control group

Other group

Description:

Participants assigned to Education-only control will be asked to watch "Quit Drinking Motivation," a 20-min video created by the MotivationHub. This video consists of a speech and conversation discussing the negative consequences resulting from their alcohol misuse and the importance of getting sober. The video will be followed by a 30-minute group discussion via zoom.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Education-only control group