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Testing the Efficacy of an Online Alcohol Intervention

NCT01754090 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 244

Last updated 2017-09-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test whether an online multi session alcohol intervention improves treatment effect compared to single session screening with feedback only.

All participants in the trial received a single session screening procedure including individualized normative feedback (usual care). Additionally, half of the participants received a simple online booklet about the effects of alcohol. The other half received an online multi session follow up program.

Conditions

  • Hazardous Drinking
  • Harmful Drinking

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online screening and feedback

An online single session screening procedure including individualized normative feedback.

BEHAVIORAL

Online booklet.

An online booklet that covers general information about alcohol, its effect on the brain and the body, potential risks and harms of drinking, and an account of the threshold values of sensible drinking

BEHAVIORAL

Online multi session follow-up

An online multi session follow-up program (i.e., "Balance"). The central concept of Balance is to support continued self-regulation throughout the behavior change process. There are four key aspects of the program, the first is focus on goal setting and tracking of alcohol consumption on a day-to-day basis. The second on relapse prevention - for example, when clients report drinking more than their target, they receive individualized content aimed at preventing a full blown relapse. The third is emotion regulation, where content and assignments from positive psychology and from cognitive behavioral therapy are used. Finally, intervention covers alcohol education (i.e. the same topics as in the booklet provided to the control group).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Research Council of Norway

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oslo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Håvar Brendryen, PhD · Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research, University of Oslo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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