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Alerta Alcohol. Web-based Computer-tailored Intervention for Binge-drinking Prevention in Spanish Adolescents

NCT03288896 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1230

Last updated 2017-09-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study consists in the the design, implementation, and evaluation of the first web-based computer tailored intervention program aimed at the prevention of binge drinking in Spanish adolescents (Alerta Alcohol). A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial is conducted to test the effectiveness of Alerta Alcohol in students aged 16 to 18 years across 16 high schools from Andalusia (southern Spain), which are randomized either to the experimental or the control condition (EC and CC).

Conditions

  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Binge Drinking
  • Adolescent Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Alerta Alcohol

The intervention consists of preventive messages about the benefits of not consuming alcohol, reducing the positive attitudes and encouraging the negative attitudes towards alcohol drinking and binge drinking, as well as social influence and self-efficacy, by personalized feedback. Skills and action plans are encouraged to help the student to reject binge drinking. This information is presented through different tailored messages. Moreover, four avatars (two males and two females), which can be chosen as part of the story development. This story consists of a short story about the alcohol consumption by adolescents.The stories take place in three different scenarios (at home, at celebrations and in public places).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Junta de Andalucia

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Maastricht University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Seville

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marta Lima Serrano, PhD · University of Seville

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-01
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-06-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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