Effects of Training Combined With a Small Financial Incentive on Reducing Alcohol Consumption

Alcohol Use Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Training Combined With a Small Financial Incentive on Reducing Alcohol Consumption: Study Protocol for a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04999371
• Other study ID #: ccher_liangshan alcohol
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 29, 2021
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: February 2022
• Source: Peking University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The existing alcohol intervention studies are mainly conducted in developed countries, few studies have focused on alcohol consumption among ethnic minority migrant people in developing countries. To address this gap, the investigators aim to evaluate the effects of a brief intervention combined with a small financial incentive on alcohol consumption and health outcomes among the migrated population in Liangshan Prefecture. This study was conducted in Liangshan Prefecture for two reasons: first, Liangshan is a region located in the southwestern of Sichuan province and is populated by Yi minority, and the average income in Liangshan is just about two-thirds of the national average income. Second, a study found that the drinking rate of the Yi minority (47.9%) is higher than that of other regions in China.

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of alcohol consumption among the ethnic populations in China and to test the feasibility and efficacy of small financial incentives with brief advice intervention targeting the reduction of harmful drinking behaviors among poor people.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 443
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

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Exclusion Criteria:

• Age<18 and Age>65

• Scores of AUDIT<8

• Do not speak mandarin

• Less than three-months residence at Xichang

• Income not calculated by hour wage or piece-rate wage

• Those who have previous abstinence experience, epilepsy, liver disease, and is using sedative drugs

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcohol Drinking
• Alcohol Use Disorder
• Alcoholism

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Brief Alcohol Intervention
The participants in the treatment group received free three-time counsel and constant multi-media messages about the topic of alcohol consumption for three months. One-to-one counseling services will be provided via a telephone call, which is based on World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. A total of three counsels are conducted, which are set on the second week, sixth and tenth week after the baseline survey. Brief intervention counselors are from the team of this study and trained by Hongkong University. All counselors are required to attend a full-day workshop before participant recruitment. The contents of the workshop include (1) knowledge of excessive drinking harms and benefits of controlling drinking; (2) overview of AUDIT; (3) alcohol reduction advice; (4) a standard procedure of brief intervention.
• Financial Incentive Intervention
The participants in financial Incentive intervention group were conducted by deducting money. Firstly, a certain amount of vouchers were given to the participants, which was equivalent to the reward for passing seven tests. Then, the voucher would be deducted according to every test result. Finally, the participants will receive cash according to the vouchers.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Peking University China Center for Health Economic Research	Beijing	Beijing

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Peking University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Self-reported drinking quantity	(drinks per week)	3 months
Primary	Self-reported binge drinking frequency	(number of binges per week)	3 months
Primary	Self-reported drinking frequency.	(drinking days per week)	3 months
Primary	Self-reported drinking intensity.	(number of drinks per drinking day)	3 months