High Schools- High on Life: an Intervention to Reduce Excessive Drinking in Danish High Schools

Alcohol Drinking Clinical Trial

Official title:

High Schools- High on Life: an Intervention to Reduce Excessive Drinking in Danish High Schools

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03906500
• Other study ID #: 15/4155_2
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: University of Southern Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

High schools High on life' intervention is a high school-based, multi-component intervention guided by theory, evidence, and empirical findings to reduce excessive drinking among Danish high school students. The study will employ a cluster-randomized controlled study design: investigators plan to include a random sample of at least 12 high schools randomly 1:1 allocated to either intervention or control group. Timeline: Baseline data will be obtained from the Danish National Youth Study 2019, collected in January to March 2019. Delivery of intervention: August 2019 to January 2020. Follow-up survey: April to May 2020. Primary outcome measure: mean number of binge-drinking episodes within the last 30 days. Secondary outcome measures: weekly alcohol consumption, alcohol intake at last school party, alcohol intake at the school during last school party, number of students that agrees that they are able to have fun at a party without drinking, and the proportion of students that think alcohol plays a too dominant part at the school. Implementation will be monitored thorough process evaluation.

Description:

High schools High on life' intervention is a high school-based, multi-component intervention guided by theory, evidence, and empirical findings to reduce excessive drinking among Danish high school students. The study will employ a cluster-randomized controlled study design: based on sample size calculations investigators plan to include a random sample of at least 12 high schools randomly 1:1 allocated to either intervention or control group.

Timeline: Baseline data will be obtained from the Danish National Youth Study 2019, collected in January to March 2019. Delivery of intervention: August 2019 to January 2020. Follow-up survey: April to May 2020. Primary outcome measure: mean number of binge-drinking episodes within the last 30 days. Secondary outcome measures: weekly alcohol consumption, alcohol intake at last school party, alcohol intake at the school during last school party, number of students that agrees that they are able to have fun at a party without drinking, and the proportion of students that think alcohol plays a too dominant part at the school. Implementation will be monitored thorough process evaluation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 3682
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: August 30, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrolled in High school that participate in The Danish National Youth Study 2019

• General High Schools

Exclusion Criteria:

• non General High schools students

• non participation in The Danish National Youth Study 2019

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Drinking

Intervention

Behavioral:
• High schools High on Life
The intervention consist of three main components. Environmental factors of the school environment The component targeting the high school environment consisted of two separate elements: Revision of school alcohol policy Appointment of coordinator(s) of student committees organizing events, where alcohol is sold, and student introduction committee. Student component The Student components consisted of three main elements: Online education for the student committees organizing events where alcohol is sold and the student introduction committee Pocket movie campaign competition Social norms campaign Parent component The parent component consisted of three separate elements: Parent Information Meeting Parent Information Folder Parent Information Website

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	National Institute of Public Health	Copenhagen

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southern Denmark	Danish Cancer Society

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Social inclusion	Proportion of students who feel included in the social community at school, including students that do not drink or have a low alcohol intake	12 months
Other	Marihuana use	proportion of students who have smoked marihuana	12 months
Other	Other drug use	Proportion who have tried other drugs than marihuana	12 months
Primary	Mean number of binge drinking occasions within the last 30 days	30% lower number of binge drinking occasions within the last 30 days	12 months
Secondary	Weekly alcohol consumption	Mean weekly alcohol consumption	12 months
Secondary	Alcohol intake at last school party	Alcohol intake at last school party	12 months
Secondary	Alcohol intake at the school during last school party	Alcohol intake at the school during last school party	12 months
Secondary	Proportion that think alcohol play a too dominant part at the school	Proportion who think alcohol play a too dominant part at the school	12 months