Excessive alcohol use is associated with a range of serious and costly health, social, and economic consequences at the individual and societal level. This program of research serves as a venue by which to produce and test an innovative, science-based, and cost-effective means to intervene in a private, convenient, and individualized way with employed adults who report non-dependent levels of risky drinking. Responsible Drinking offers computer-tailored intervention sessions directed at increasing readiness to limit drinking to national guidelines for low-risk drinking and a complementary dynamic web portal providing additional information, activities, and strategies designed to activate and reinforce the change process. The primary objective is to complete and enhance the development of Responsible Drinking and test it in an effectiveness trial. In Phase II the program capabilities and innovation will expand to integrate the e-Health components (CTI and e-Workbook) with m-Health (mobile health) technologies. The e-Health components will be enhanced to offer a more interactive and engaging user experience. In addition, m-Health technologies (text messaging and mobile device browsing optimization) will be integrated to support engagement in the program and flexible delivery options. 996 employed adults will be recruited to participate in the randomized trial. The treatment group will receive three intervention sessions during the course of six months and group differences on a number of outcomes will be evaluated at 12 and 18 month follow-up assessments.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
1,000
Responsible Drinking intervention sessions include an internet-based, computer-tailored intervention (CTI) grounded in the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM). The intervention includes stage-matched and tailored feedback on alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, and theoretically identified behavior change strategies, as well as access to a web-based portal with stage-matched interactive activities to reinforce and promote stage progression. Finally, the intervention will include 7 months of stage-matched behavior change SMS messages.
Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc.
South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States
Proportion of participants who reach criteria for limiting drinking according to low-risk drinking guidelines
To assess efficacy by comparing treatment and control group participants who are at-risk at baseline - assessed using a self-report Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM) stage of change measure
Time frame: 18 month follow-up
Quantity of alcohol use (number of drinks per week, number of drinks per drinking day)
To assess efficacy by comparing treatment and control group participants who are at-risk at baseline - accessed using continuous measures of drinking behavior
Time frame: 18 month follow-up
Frequency of alcohol use (days drinking above recommended limits during the past month, number of drinking days in the past month)
To assess efficacy by comparing treatment and control group participants who are at-risk at baseline- accessed using continuous measures of drinking behavior
Time frame: 18 month follow-up
Ratings of alcohol-related problems
To assess the efficacy of the intervention by comparing treatment and control group participants who are at-risk at baseline - accessed using the SIP measure
Time frame: 18 month follow-up
Well-being related to productivity
To assess the efficacy of the intervention by comparing treatment and control group participants who are at-risk at baseline - Accessed using WBA-F and WBA-P
Time frame: 18 month follow-up
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