An interventional study of Alcohol Help Center and Assistance from a health educator in Alcohol Problem, sponsored by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-06-25.
Sponsored by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an internet intervention for alcohol problems is more effective when delivered with assistance from a health care educator via e-mail during the first two weeks after randomization, as compared to simply providing the intervention without any such assistance.
This project aims to study the previously evaluated multi-module internet intervention Alcohol Help Center delivered with assistance from a health educator (AHC+A). The assistance will be in the form of email contact with the participant during the first two weeks after randomization. AHC+A will be tested against a group receiving access to the intervention without any such assistance (AHC).
The Investigators hypothesize that
A 2-arm parallel group randomized controlled trial will be used to test these specified hypotheses. Follow-ups will be conducted at 3 and 6 months after randomization. Online media advertisements will be used to recruit people with current alcohol problems, and will target people who are 'experiencing difficulties in controlling or cutting down on their drinking.' The advertisements will be placed across Canada using locations found successful in previous trials to rapidly recruit participants (e.g. Google AdWords).
143 studies on the registry are indexed under Alcohol-Related Disorders; 22 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 236 is above the median of 113 across 120 interventional studies indexed under Alcohol-Related Disorders.
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Exclusion Criteria:
This arm is given access to the internet intervention Alcohol Help Center with email assistance from a health educator during the first two weeks after randomization.
Behavioral: Alcohol Help Center · Behavioral: Assistance from a health educator
This arm is given access to the internet intervention Alcohol Help Center without any assistance from a health educator.
Behavioral: Alcohol Help Center
An internet intervention based on CBT consisting of about 20 modules aimed at helping people with drinking problems
This entails email contact with a health educator that guides the participant through the Alcohol Help Center during the first two weeks
Drinks preceding week
Change in the number of standard drinks consumed during preceding week from baseline
Time frame: 3 and 6 months
Heavy drinking days preceding week
Change in the number of heavy drinking days during preceding week from baseline
Time frame: 3 and 6 months
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
Assessment of alcohol problems
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Consumption (AUDIT-C)
Assessment of alcohol consumption (the first 3 items in AUDIT)
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up
EuroQol Group 5 Dimensions Five Levels (EQ-5D-5L)
Instrument measuring five health-related quality of life dimensions. Each dimension has five levels ranging from no problems to extreme problems. The dimensions can be combined into an index value between 0 (lowest) and 1 (highest). In addition to the five dimensions, a visual analogue scale item allows participants to measure health outcomes that reflect the participant's judgement. Endpoints are labelled 'The best health you can imagine' (100) and 'The worst health you can imagine' (0).
Time frame: Baseline, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up
DSM criteria
The 11 DSM criteria of alcohol use disorders (yes/no)
Time frame: Baseline
Previously received treatment or help for alcohol concerns
Questions about what kind of treatment or help for alcohol concerns the participant has received previously
Time frame: Baseline (treatment or help ever/in the past 12 months), 3 month follow up (treatment or help in the past 3 months), 6 month follow up (treatment or help in the past 3 months)
Plan to share: No
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