An interventional study of Educational standard and Educational standard and Harm prevention in Alcohol Drinking, Social Norms and Expectations, sponsored by Prevention Strategies, LLC. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 25 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-02-05.
Sponsored by Prevention Strategies, LLC · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The broad aim of the proposed study is to use the innovative Multiphase Optimization Strategy to develop a highly effective Internet-delivered intervention, myPlaybook, for the prevention of substance use among college student-athletes. myPlaybook will undergo two rounds of randomized experimentation and targeted revision. At the conclusion of the second round, the optimized version of myPlaybook will be evaluated in large-scale Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT).
College student-athletes are at increased risk of heavy alcohol use, smokeless tobacco use, and the use of performance enhancing substances as compared to non-athlete college students. Despite recent research underscoring the need for athlete-tailored interventions, there are no evidence-based options for the prevention of substance use among college student-athletes that take into account their unique patterns and motivations for use. This void leaves colleges with few easy-to-use, effective, and economical options for meeting the needs of their student-athletes and the minimum drug education requirements set by their governing organizations. The broad aim of the proposed study is to use the innovative Multiphase Optimization Strategy to develop a highly effective Internet-delivered program (myPlaybook) for the prevention of substance use among college student-athletes. The MOST approach is a systematic method for making decisions about program development and adaptation that are based on the performance of individual program components. The five core lessons of myPlaybook will undergo two rounds of randomized experimentation and targeted revision. At the conclusion of the second round, the newly optimized version of myPlaybook will be assembled and evaluated in large-scale Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). This "beta" version of myPlaybook will be compared to an Internet-based college alcohol intervention with proven effectiveness with general college students. This approach will allow us to 1) develop an intervention that is optimized for considerable impact on substance use outcomes and 2) demonstrate the need for interventions specifically adapted for college student-athletes. The proposed research will be among the first demonstrations of the MOST approach for building and evaluating behavioral interventions with greatly enhanced public health impact. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project has the potential to contribute to the health and safety of the more than 460,000 college student-athletes in the US. A contribution to the science of prevention will be made by demonstrating an innovative approach for the development and revision of behavioral interventions that focuses on achieving both statistical significance and optimizing public health impact.
115 studies on the registry are indexed under Harm Reduction; 39 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 3,859 is above the median of 139 across 92 interventional studies indexed under Harm Reduction.
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Compared within Harm Reduction, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Alcohol Drinking. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
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The aim of this arm is to increase knowledge about alcohol and other drug use.
Behavioral: Educational standard
The aim of this arm is to increase knowledge about alcohol and other drug use and increase intentions for the use of harm prevention strategies.
Behavioral: Educational standard and Harm prevention
The aim of this arm is to increase knowledge about alcohol and other drug use and shift alcohol-related expectancies.
Behavioral: Educational standard and Expectancies
The aim of this arm is shift alcohol-related expectancies and increase intentions to use harm prevention strategies.
Behavioral: Expectancies and Harm prevention
The aim of this arm is to increase knowledge about alcohol and other drug use and correct erroneous alcohol-related normative perceptions.
Behavioral: Educational standard and Normative perceptions
The aim of this arm is to correct erroneous alcohol-related normative perceptions and increase intentions to use harm prevention strategies.
Behavioral: Normative perceptions and Harm prevention
The aim of this arm is to increase knowledge about alcohol and other drug use, correct erroneous alcohol-related normative perceptions, and shift alcohol-related expectancies.
Behavioral: Educational standard, Normative Perceptions, and Expectancies
The aim of this arm is to correct erroneous alcohol-related normative perceptions, shift alcohol-related expectancies, and increase intentions to use harm prevention strategies.
Behavioral: Normative perceptions, Expectancies, and Harm Prevention
Behavioral intervention aimed at increasing knowledge about alcohol and other drugs.
Behavioral intervention aimed at increasing knowledge about alcohol and other drugs increasing intentions to use harm prevention strategies.
Behavioral intervention aimed at increasing knowledge about alcohol and other drugs and shifting alcohol-related expectancies.
Behavioral intervention aimed at correcting erroneous norms about alcohol use and shifting alcohol-related expectancies.
Behavioral intervention aimed at increasing knowledge about alcohol and other drugs and correcting erroneous norms about alcohol use.
Behavioral intervention aimed at correcting erroneous norms about alcohol use and increasing intentions to harm prevention strategies.
Behavioral intervention aimed at increasing knowledge about alcohol and other drugs, correcting erroneous norms about alcohol use, and shifting alcohol-related expectancies.
Behavioral intervention aimed at correcting erroneous norms about alcohol use, shifting alcohol-related expectancies, and increasing intentions to use harm prevention strategies.
Descriptive norms: DRINKING NORMS RATING FORM (adapted DNRF)
This scale (0-100%) measured the perceptions about the frequency of others' alcohol use. Perceived weekly drinking was computed by summing the reported estimates of drinking for each day of the week for the typical student. The lower the score the better.
Time frame: past 30-day
Injunctive norms:DRINKING NORMS RATING FORM (adapted DNRF)
This scale (0-100%) measured the perceptions about the frequency of others' approval of alcohol use. Perceived approval of alcohol use of others was computed by summing the reported estimates of approval compared to the actual approval as reported by the typical student. A lower score on this scale results in more positive effects.
Time frame: past 30-day
Negative expectancies: COMPREHENSIVE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL Scale (adapted CEOA)
This agreement scale (1-4) measured negative expectancies (e.g., consequences of risks and/or aggression) of alcohol related effects. Sub-scale scores are calculated as the sum of respective items. A lower score on this scale results in more positive effects.
Time frame: past 30-day
Positive expectancies: COMPREHENSIVE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL Scale (adapted CEOA)
This agreement scale (1-4) measured positive expectancies (e.g., socialability) of alcohol related effects. Sub-scale scores are calculated as the sum of respective items. A higher score on this scale results in more positive effects.
Time frame: past 30-day
PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORAL STRATEGIES SCALE-20 (adapted - PBSS-20)
Intentions to use protective behavioral strategies (e.g., alternating alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks). This intentions scale (1-7) measured future intent to use alcohol-related harm prevention strategies (e.g., alternating alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks). A higher score on this scale results in more positive effects.
Time frame: past 30-day
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Ran from Sep 2011 to primary completion in May 2016, 56 months.
Of 57 interventional studies with no phase under Harm Reduction, half reached primary completion within 28 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 43. This study's 56 months is above that.
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