Social Media Psychosocial Support Group in Reducing Alcohol Consumption

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Alcohol; mHealth Intervention

Treatments: Behavioral: mHealth-based motivational counselling; Behavioral: Social media group support with engagement management; Behavioral: Brief alcohol use counselling and health education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07381868

Women Alcohol Reduction

Details and patient eligibility

About

This proposed study aims to develop and examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a proactive intervention model that combines brief psychological counselling, Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) and social media psychosocial support group to reduce alcohol consumption in women.

Full description

Targeted participants are adult women with a total a total score≥3 in Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Consumption (AUDIT-C). Sixty participants will be actively recruited from the social media platform in Hong Kong.

This study will be a two-arm (allocation ratio:1:1; permutated block size of 2, 4, and 8), single blinded, parallel, pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with follow-ups at 4, 8, and 12 weeks post-enrollment using consolidated standards of reporting (CONSORT) to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. The control group will receive an evidence-based intervention composed of brief psychological counselling and health education, 4-week EMA and social media psychosocial support group, guided by comprehensive assessment. Surveys will be collected via telephone. Semi-structured individual telephone or face-to-face indepth interviews will be conducted with the participants in the intervention group to understand the experience and the perceptions towards the EMA data collection and ocial media psychosocial support group intervention on alcohol consumption.

The clinical outcome of this study will be the difference in the alcohol consumption, anxiety and depressive levels, stress levels, and family well-being between the two groups at 4, 8, and 12 weeks.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult women (age 18+),
• Had a total score ≥3 in AUDIT-C [suggesting at-risk drinkers (i.e., binge drinking)]( potential distress symptoms),
• Able to read and understand Chinese and use an instant messaging app weekly

Exclusion criteria

• Women who are undergoing psychiatric/psychological treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Conrtol group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participatns in the control group will receive alcohol brief intervention according to their AUDIT score at baseline and 4 weeks 1-to-1 health education messages.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief alcohol use counselling and health education

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

A 4-week psychological support group for interactive counselling will be provided to encourage reducing alcohol consumption. MHealth messages will also be provided according to the stages of change for alcohol use.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief alcohol use counselling and health education

Behavioral: Social media group support with engagement management

Behavioral: mHealth-based motivational counselling