The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the preliminary effectiveness and feasibility of internet-based self-help acceptance and commitment therapy with behavioral activation for ethnic minority young adults with alcohol use disorder. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is the internet-based self-help acceptance and commitment therapy with Behavioral activation (self-help iACT-BA) feasible and acceptable for ethnic minority young adults with AUD? * Does the self-help iACT-BA promote greater abstinence from alcohol use compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in ethnic minority young adults diagnosed with AUD? Researchers will compare self-help iACT-BA to treatment as usual (TAU) to see if self-help iACT-BA works to treat alcohol use disorder in ethnic minority young adults. Participants will: * Received a self-help iACT-BA module every week for 6 weeks. or a placebo every day for 4 months * Access the module every week, read the material, practice, and complete home assignments.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
Internet-based self-help acceptance and commitment therapy with behavioral activation
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Screening rate
calculated as the number of Hong Kong ethnic minority young adults screened by the research assistant divided by the number of Hong Kong ethnic minority young adults available for screening during the recruitment period.
Time frame: 3 months
Eligibility rate
Calculated as the number of eligible ethnic minority young adults divided by the number of screened ethnic minority young adults.
Time frame: 3 months
Consent rate
calculated as the number of eligible ethnic minority young adults who join the study divided by the number of eligible ethnic minority young adults.
Time frame: 3 months
Randomization rate
calculated as the number of ethnic minority young adults who are randomized into the experimental and control groups, divided by the number of eligible ethnic minority young adults who consent to join the study
Time frame: 2 weeks
Attendance rate
calculated as the number of subjects in the experimental group who complete the intervention divided by the number of subjects randomized into the experimental group.
Time frame: 6 weeks
Adherence rate
calculated as the number of subjects in the experimental group who practice the ACT skills gained in the intervention divided by the number of subjects randomized into the experimental group
Time frame: 6 weeks
Retention rate
calculated the number of subjects who remain in the study, divided by the number of subjects who are randomized
Time frame: 6 weeks
Completion rate
calculated as the number of subjects who answer the questionnaires divided by the number of questionnaires distributed
Time frame: 6 weeks
Missing data
percentage of missing in the dataset. Unknown or blank values will be regarded
Time frame: 6 weeks
Adverse events
unfavorable and unintended events that are absent from baseline, or appear to worsen from baseline during the study period
Time frame: 6 weeks
Abstinence rate
It will be calculated by dividing the number of non-drinking days recorded during intervention by the total number of intervention days and multiplying the result by 100.
Time frame: 6 weeks
Average number of drinks consumed per day
Calculated as the total number of drinks during the intervention period divided by the total number of intervention days.
Time frame: 6 weeks
The number of drinking days
Calculated by counting the number of days on which a participant consumes alcohol during the intervention period.
Time frame: 6 weeks
The number of heavy drinking days
The number of heavy drinking days during the intervention period (having 3 or more drinks per day for males and 4 or more drinks per day for females.
Time frame: 6 weeks
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