This study aims to develop a brief intervention that incorporates ecological momentary assessments (EMAs; i.e., four brief surveys per day for 17 days) to create personalized feedback targeting high-risk alcohol use among young adult drinkers. The intervention mainly focuses on providing feedback on individuals' drinking desire and how it varies as a function of a number of real-world factors. Other psycho-educational alcohol-related content is also provided in the intervention including strategies for decreasing exposure to cues that increase drinking desires and how to cope with increased desire to drink. This brief intervention will be used in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing young adults who receive the intervention with those who only complete identical assessments.
The purpose of this study is to develop and test a brief intervention that provides personalized feedback to young adults using participants' own event-level, real-world experiences. The aim of the intervention is to increase young adults' awareness of their desire to drink as it varies as a function of a number of real-world factors including alcohol cues, social context, physical context, anticipation of later drinking, mood, and time of day. The intervention also aims to equip young adults with strategies for reducing exposure to factors that increase their desire to drink, how to cope with an increased desire to drink, and how to reduce potential harms from drinking. This brief personalized feedback intervention is used in a randomized controlled trial comparing young adults who receive the intervention with those who complete the EMAs but do not receive any personalized feedback. Assessments include an eligibility survey, baseline assessment, 17 days of EMAs (4x/day), and follow-up assessments occurring 2-weeks and 3-months post-intervention. The 2-week and 3-month follow-ups occurred 2-weeks and 3-months, respectively, from Day 17 of the EMA period, because the intervention was delivered on Day 17. The intervention will be examined for its feasibility, acceptability, and its effects in reducing alcohol-related outcomes at the follow-up assessments.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
99
This online brief intervention provides personalized feedback using EMA data focused on alcohol cue reactivity to reduce alcohol misuse among young adults.
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
Daily Drinking Questionnaire
Number of standard drinks consumed on each day of a typical week during the \[past 3 months for baseline and 3-month follow-up; past two weeks for 2-week follow-up\]. Participants responded on a scale from 0 (0 drinks) to 25 (25 or more drinks). Totals for each day are summed to calculate the typical number of drinks consumed per week.
Time frame: Baseline, 2 week follow-up, and 3 month follow-up
Number of Heavy Episodic Drinking Occasions
Participants were asked, "During the past two weeks, how many times did you have \[4/5 for females/males\] or more drinks at one sitting?". Participants responded on a scale from 0 (0 times) to 10 (10 or more times) and possible range was 0-10.
Time frame: Baseline, 2 week follow-up, and 3 month follow-up
Penn Alcohol Craving Scale
Self-reported subjective alcohol craving during the past week. Response options were scored from "0" to "6" with text varying across items. A sum score of the five items was calculated and the possible range was from 0-30. Higher scores reflect more craving.
Time frame: Baseline, 2 week follow-up, and 3 month follow-up
Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire
Participants responded "no" (0) or "yes" (1) to whether they experienced each of 24 consequences during the \[past 3 months for baseline and 3-month follow-up; past two weeks for 2-week follow-up\]. A sum of the number of negative alcohol-related consequences was calculated and the possible range was 0-24.
Time frame: Baseline, 2 week follow-up, and 3 month follow-up
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