Testing the Efficacy of an Online Alcohol Intervention

University of Oslo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Harmful Drinking; Hazardous Drinking

Treatments: Behavioral: Online multi session follow-up; Behavioral: Online screening and feedback; Behavioral: Online booklet.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01754090

SERAF-BALANCE-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test whether an online multi session alcohol intervention improves treatment effect compared to single session screening with feedback only.

All participants in the trial received a single session screening procedure including individualized normative feedback (usual care). Additionally, half of the participants received a simple online booklet about the effects of alcohol. The other half received an online multi session follow up program.

Full description

Aims: Test whether a multi session alcohol intervention improves treatment effect (i.e., reduced consumption of alcohol) compared to single session screening with feedback.

Design: Randomized controlled trial (RCT). Subjects in both conditions receives a single session screening procedure including individualized normative feedback. The control group receives an online booklet about the effects of alcohol. The treatment group receives the multi session follow up program "Balance" .

Setting: Online study in Norway. Participants: At-risk drinkers is recruited through internet advertisements and randomly assigned to one of two conditions.

Enrollment: 244 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• hazardous or harmful drinking (i.e., a FAST-score of 3 or more)

Exclusion criteria

• underage (<18)
• not provided a valid e-mail address
• not provided a valid (Norwegian) mobile phone number

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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244 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Receives two interventions: 1. Online screening and feedback. 2. Online booklet.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online booklet.

Behavioral: Online screening and feedback

Extended follow-up

Experimental group

Description:

Receives two interventions: 1. Online screening and feedback. 2. Online multi session follow-up.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online multi session follow-up

Behavioral: Online screening and feedback