Evaluation of a Personalized Normative Feedback Repeatedly Delivered Via a Mobile Application After a Brief Therapeutic Intervention on Alcohol-related Risks:

Summary

BTI (Brief Therapeutic Intervention) motivates individuals admitted to ED (Emergency Department) for acute intoxication to take actions to prevent further alcohol-related issues. The present project aims at underpinning this intervention by actively involving patients in the monitoring of their alcohol-related risk following discharge. While several web-based preventive interventions towards alcohol already exist, the repeated delivering of PNF (Personalized Normative Feedback) using mobile technology after a BTI constitutes a novel approach to reduce alcohol-related harms. Investigators propose to test the effect of a mobile PNF following a BTI delivered by a psychologist during an ED visit for alcohol intoxication. The mobile PNF will be additionally delivered once a month in the 6-months period after discharge, and once every two months in the following 6-month period, via a smartphone application connected to a central server. The study will include 18-26 years old adults, as this population includes most active students and is often lost to follow-up after ED visits; and aims the reduction of heavy drinking occasions, as this issue account for most of alcohol-related ED visits in this population.

Conditions

• Acute Alcohol Intoxication

Interventions

OTHER

Personalized Normative Feedback

This "PNF" technique use information designed to correct normative misperceptions to reduce heavy drinking. Much of the alcohol consumption among college students stems from the fairly widespread perception that one's peers expect regular and sometimes extreme drinking participation (subjective drinking norms). The PNF approach is designed to counter this perception by giving students accurate figures on how much their peers actually drink (actual drinking norms). It also aims to improve students' understanding of alcohol use in general and the firmly established negative outcomes associated with short - and long-term patterns of excessive drinking.

OTHER

Brief Therapeutic Intervention

BTI are brief (typically one session 20-30 mns) and incorporate some or all of the following elements:feedback on the person's alcohol use and any alcohol-related harm; clarification as to what constitutes low risk alcohol consumption; information on the harms associated with risky alcohol use; benefits of reducing intake; motivational enhancement; analysis of high risk situations for drinking and coping strategies; and the development of a personal plan to reduce consumption.

OTHER

Evaluation questionnaire

The patient have to fill the same evaluation questionnaire at J0, M6 and M12

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Rennes University Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Romain MOIRAND, MD/PHD · Rennes Pontchaillou Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

26 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-09-22

Primary Completion

2018-10-28

Completion

2018-10-28

Countries

• France

Study Locations