Project Engage: A Wrist Biosensor-based mHealth Suite to Support Alcohol Intervention in Young People Living With HIV (SHARE Engage)

Florida State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV

Treatments: Behavioral: eWrapper-Engagement strategies to facilitate alcohol biosensor wearing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05431855

STUDY00002534

1P01AA029547-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, participants will be asked to wear a wrist alcohol biosensor for 30 days and report alcohol use using a ecological momentary assessment (EMA) app. A subset of the sample will be micro-randomized to test two engagement strategies--reciprocity and personalized feedback via the eWrapper app to promote their engagement with the biosensor.

Full description

YPLWH (N = 160, 136 after 15% attrition, 18-29 years of age, estimated to include 73% male, 26% female, 1% transgender, 70% racial and ethnic minorities) will be asked to wear a wrist alcohol biosensor (BACtrack Skyn) for 30 days and report their alcohol use using daily ecological momentary assessment (EMA). A subset of the sample will also be assigned to use an app called the eWrapper app that is a game app designed to promote engagement with the Skyn sensor via reciprocity and personalized feedback.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 29 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years and 0 months to 29 years and 11 months
• Currently reside in Florida
• Report having had at least 1 alcoholic drink in the last 30 days
• Able to read and understand English
• Have internet access via smartphone, tablet or computer
• Be diagnosed as HIV positive and;
• Willing to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Adults unable to consent
• Individuals who are not yet adults
• Individuals who are not diagnosed as HIV+
• Prisoners
• Pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

Assigned to eWrapper App

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will have access to the eWrapper app while wearing the Skyn sensor for 30 days.

Treatment:

Behavioral: eWrapper-Engagement strategies to facilitate alcohol biosensor wearing

Not Assigned to eWrapper App

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will not have access to eWrapper app while wearing the Skyn sensor for 30 days.