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Multi-Component Breath Alcohol Intervention Phase 3
Sponsor: Northeastern University
Summary
This is the third stage of a three-stage, NIH-funded study to develop and test a multi-modal intervention concerning blood/breath alcohol concentration for young adults who drink heavily. The multimodal intervention will be made up of brief telehealth counseling and psychoeducation and use of three existing mobile technologies. The brief counseling/psychoeducation and mobile technologies provide personalized feedback regarding blood or breath alcohol content. The long-term goal of use of these mobile technologies will be to facilitate moderate drinking. However, the main goals of the proposed research are to learn more about feasibility of our procedures, perceived value of the technologies and ease of use from the research participants' points of view. In this third stage of the study, the investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial building on the formative research conducted in Stages 1 and 2.
Official title: Development and Initial Testing of a Multi-Component Breath Alcohol-Focused Intervention for Young Adults, Stage 3
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 25 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
90
Start Date
2025-05-01
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2025-06-03
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Alcohol-related mobile health technologies
Participants will be asked to use the mobile technologies as they choose while drinking for a four-week period.
Motivational interview and psychoeducation on blood/breath alcohol concentration
Brief 25/30-minute motivational interview and psychoeducation on blood/breath alcohol concentration that includes both personalized and standardized information.
Lower tech facilitation
Study staff will review instructions for technology use closely with participants and guide them in use of existing phone technologies as reminders for use of the three moderate drinking technologies during drinking situations.
Higher tech facilitation
Participants will use an app developed during the study, SmartSip, that will provide protective behavioral strategies and reminders for use of the three moderate drinking technologies during drinking situations.
Alcohol Education
Brief 25/30-minute psychoeducation on generalized alcohol use providing information about alcohol and its effects, adapted from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Rethinking Drinking resources
Alcohol Education Technology
Participants will be able to prompt text messages which will provide them one-off trivia facts using information provided during the attention control psychoeducation session
Locations (1)
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States