Excessive Alcohol Consumption Clinical Trial
Verified date | February 2015 |
Source | Wayne State University |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Study type | Interventional |
The goal of this research study is to compare three harm reduction approaches for at-risk college student drinkers. One approach provides generic risk-related information after an initial interview/questionnaire assessment session. A second approach uses an established motivational interviewing framework (Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students; BASICS) that provides personalized feedback in a follow-up session. A third approach also uses BASICS, but tests the utility of a personality-informed module for this approach that is informed by the social investment hypothesis.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 181 |
Est. completion date | July 2014 |
Est. primary completion date | July 2014 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 18 Years to 23 Years |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - We initially screen anonymously on the telephone for the inclusion/exclusion criteria (see attached phone screen). The responses obtained from respondents are used only to determine if they meet study criteria. Their names and responses are not recorded and the information they provide is shredded when the screen is completed. - be currently enrolled in full-time university coursework - be between the ages of 18 and 23 years - understand and be able to respond to screening questions in English - be able to read at a Grade 6 level - have consumed at least 4 (for women) or 5 (for men) standard drinks at least two times in the past 30 days OR typically consume at least 3 (for women) or 4 (for men) standard drinks on a drinking occasion - meet at least one of the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence OR score 8 or greater on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT Exclusion Criteria: - not have major cognitive impairments (i.e., assessed by whether they can understand and respond adequately to all screening questions) - not have any history of traumatic brain injury. Subjects also are excluded if they report a history of any serious head injury. - not have a history of psychotic symptoms or Bipolar Disorder - not be taking medications for cancer, AIDS treatment, or epilepsy - not be taking other medications that will affect behavior, such as major tranquilizers or antipsychotics - not currently receiving voluntary or mandated counseling or treatment for substance use |
Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Wayne State University | Detroit | Michigan |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Wayne State University |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | Readiness to change drinking patterns questionnaire | This questionnaire assesses an individual's stage of motivation to enact alcohol-related behavioral change. | Baseline, 3, 9 months | No |
Other | Comprehensve effects of alcohol questionnaire | This questionnaire assesses positive and negative drinking expectancies. | Baseline, 3, 9 months | No |
Other | Alcohol perceived risks questionnaire | This questionnaire assesses a college student's perception of various risks and outcomes associated with alcohol consumption. | Baseline, 3, 9 months | No |
Other | Drinking norms rating form | This questionnaire assesses a college student's perceptions of what is typical for the alcohol consumption patterns of most college students. | Baseline, 3, 9 months | No |
Primary | Past 30-day typical weekly alcohol consumption, as well as peak alcohol drinking episodes. From this information, past 30-day typical and peak blood alcohol content can be calculated. | This measure is assessed using a structured interview. | up to 9 months | No |
Primary | Young adult alcohol consequences questionnaire | This instrument assesses the co-occurrence of behavioral problems and alcohol consumption, including physical, social, performance, and risk-related behaviors and outcomes. | up to 9 months | No |
Primary | Hypothetical role-based decisions-to-drink questionnaire | Four hypothetical college student drinking scenarios that vary in rewarding and punishing role-related information assess decisions to attend, to drink, and how much alcohol would be consumed. | up to 9 months | No |
Secondary | Subjective college student role investment questionnaire | This scale assesses involvement, responsibility, importance, and investment in education and the college student role. | Baseline, 3, 9 months | No |
Secondary | Trait self-control questionnaire | This scale assesses general dispositional tendencies for planning, thinking before acting, and impulse control | Baseline, 3, 9 months | No |