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Web-based Ultra-brief Intervention for Heavy Drinkers Trial

NCT00751985 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1380

Last updated 2011-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine whether a web-based ultra-brief intervention, consisting of personalized normative feedback or standardized self-help material, is effective in lowering self reported alcohol use in heavy drinkers.

Conditions

  • Alcohol Abuse

Interventions

OTHER

Personalised normative feedback (PNF)

The intervention can be classified as a minimal ultra-brief intervention consisting of only a single session. The brief personalised normative feedback will comprise the result of the participant's amount of alcohol consumption, previously given in an online questionnaire. Alongside, information about alcohol and how it might affect them at their current drinking levels is provided. The feedback is also comparing their drinking, in graphical format, to the average drinking in the municipality concerned. Contact details are also provided about local alcohol treatment possibilities if the participants feel they need further help.

OTHER

Self-help material

The intervention can be classified as a minimal ultra-brief intervention consisting of only a single session. The intervention comprises of on-line self-help material informing about the participant's response from an online questionnaire shows that the participant's alcohol consumption exceeds the recommended limits. Alongside, information about alcohol and how it might affect them at their current drinking levels is provided. Contact details are also provided about local alcohol treatment possibilities if the participants feel they need further help.

OTHER

Control

The participant is being informed about their allocation to the control group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Board of Health, Denmark

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anders B. Gottlieb Hansen, Ph.d.-student, cand.techn.soc · University of Southern Denmark, National Institute of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-02-28
Completion
2010-02-28

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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