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| K01AA023849 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | NIH |
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Heavy episodic alcohol use within the college student population is widespread, creating problems for student drinkers, their peers, and their institutions. Negative consequences from heavy alcohol use can be mild (e.g., hangovers, missed classes), to severe (e.g., assault, even death). Although online interventions targeting college student drinking reduce alcohol consumption and associated problems, they are not as effective as in-person interventions. Online interventions are cost-effective, offer privacy, reduce stigma, and may reach individuals who would otherwise not receive treatment.
In a recently completed randomized, controlled trial, an emailed booster with personalized feedback improved the efficacy of a popular online intervention (Braitman & Henson, 2016). A second randomized, controlled trial confirmed efficacy for students of legal drinking age for a longer timeline (Braitman & Lau-Barraco, 2018). Although promising, the booster incorporated in the study needs further empirical refinement.
The current project seeks to build on past progress by further developing and refining the booster. In particular, to identify the most efficacious timing for sending the feedback. The content will be similar across conditions, but will be disseminated at different times to identify the most impactful timeline. There will be 6 study conditions: those who receive the emailed feedback 2, 6, 10, or 14 weeks after baseline, or at all of those times, or not at all (control). Thus, the aim of the current study is to identify optimal timing for sending the tailored booster feedback via booster email.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention-only Control | Placebo Comparator | Participants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention. Any follow-up emails sent to them later contain only a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys. |
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| Intervention plus 2-week feedback booster | Active Comparator | Participants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 2 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies. |
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| Intervention plus 6-week feedback booster | Active Comparator | Participants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 6 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies. |
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| Intervention plus 10-week feedback booster | Active Comparator | Participants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 10 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| e-checkup to go | Behavioral | The e-checkup to go alcohol program is designed to motivate individuals to reduce their alcohol consumption using personalized information about their own use and risk factors. The program is a combination of several components including alcohol education, personalized feedback, attitude-focused strategies, and skills training. It is self-guided and requires no face-to-face time with an administrator. It provides tailored feedback regarding quantity and frequency of alcohol use, normative comparisons, physical health information, amount and percent of income spent on alcohol, negative consequences feedback, explanation and advice for how to reach their goals, and resources. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Alcohol Consumption | Participant self-reported number of standard drinks consumed by participant over a typical week for the past 30 days. | past 30 days |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Alcohol-Related Consequences | Participant self-report on the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (YAACQ; Read, Kahler, Strong, & Colder, 2006), which assesses alcohol-related problems experienced by the participant. Total scores are created by summing all individual items, and range from 0 to 48, with higher values representing more problems experienced (i.e., worse outcomes). | past 30 days |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Abby L Braitman, Ph.D. | Old Dominion University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Old Dominion University | Norfolk | Virginia | 23529 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 29995326 | Background | Braitman AL, Lau-Barraco C. Personalized Boosters After a Computerized Intervention Targeting College Drinking: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2018 Sep;42(9):1735-1747. doi: 10.1111/acer.13815. Epub 2018 Jul 11. | |
| 27148633 | Background | Braitman AL, Henson JM. Personalized boosters for a computerized intervention targeting college drinking: The influence of protective behavioral strategies. J Am Coll Health. 2016 Oct;64(7):509-19. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2016.1185725. Epub 2016 May 5. |
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| Type | Includes Protocol | Includes SAP | Includes ICF | Document Label | Document Date | Document Uploaded Date | Document File Name |
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| Prot | Yes | No | No | Study Protocol | Jun 23, 2022 | Jun 24, 2022 | Prot_001.pdf |
| SAP | No | Yes | No | Statistical Analysis Plan | Nov 13, 2020 | Nov 13, 2020 | SAP_000.pdf |
| ICF | No | No | Yes | Informed Consent Form | Mar 30, 2021 | Jun 24, 2022 | ICF_002.pdf |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000067292 | Alcohol Drinking in College |
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| D000428 | Alcohol Drinking |
| D004327 | Drinking Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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The intervention is an online program, not an individual administering it, so masking is not necessary. Similarly, the same online survey is deployed in all follow-up assessments regardless of condition, and data are not collected by individuals, so masking of investigators is not necessary.
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| Intervention plus 14-week feedback booster | Active Comparator | Participants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the feedback booster email 14 weeks later. It contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies. |
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| Intervention plus repeated feedback boosters | Active Comparator | Participants navigate through e-checkup to go, the well-established alcohol intervention, then receive the multiple feedback booster emails, 2, 6, 10, and 14 weeks later. Each time, the email contains a reminder to participate in follow-up surveys, plus personalized feedback based on participant-reported perceived alcohol norms, actual alcohol norms, their own use, and harm reduction strategies. |
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| Feedback booster | Behavioral | Booster emails will contain normative feedback indicating average consumption for students at the same institution by sex, their perceptions of student drinkers at the same institution, their own reported consumption, and reminders of strategies they can use to protect themselves from alcohol-related harm. |
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