Brief Binge Eating and Drinking Online Intervention
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Binge Eating, Binge Drinking. Basic parameters: 18 years — 24 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A Mobile-Based Intervention to Address Heavy Drinking and Binge Eating in College Students
Overview
This pilot project targets both binge drinking and binge eating behavior in college students through a mobile-based online program that provides students with evidence-based intervention material designed to reduce the incidence of both behaviors and encourage students to seek more formal in-person counseling.
Detailed description
Despite the prevalence of binge drinking and binge eating behaviors among college students, few students seek care for either. Intervening with college students early is essential as untreated symptoms of binge drinking and binge eating behaviors can become more severe and persistent over time, often leading to diagnosed disorders and lasting consequences on students' social functioning, physical health, and educational attainment. Thus, the major goal of this research study is to target both binge drinking and binge eating behavior in college students through a mobile-based online program that provides students with evidence-based intervention material designed to reduce the incidence of both behaviors, as well as encourage students to seek more formal in-person counseling. The intervention combines two innovations to facilitate behavior change: (1) personalized drinking and binge eating intervention content with harm reduction and cognitive behavioral skills proven to be efficacious in reducing these problematic behaviors among college students delivered via (2) a mobile-based program that increases accessibility, is easy and engaging to use, and broadens the accessibility of the intervention content to an often non-treatment seeking group. The intervention is informed by evidence-based practices, with student and expert feedback, to help limit alcohol consumption, engage in healthier eating behaviors, and practice alternate strategies to manage negative affect.
Interventions
- Behavioral Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention
The intervention is an online mobile phone program developed by our research team. It builds upon efficacious brief alcohol interventions with college students by addressing underlying loss of control, impulsivity, and emotion regulation through the use of videos, interactive activities, and psychoeducation.
Primary outcome measures
- Frequency of past 28-day binge drinking [Time frame: Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up]
- Frequency of past 28-day binge eating [Time frame: Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up]
- Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (B-YAACQ) [Time frame: Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder Treatment History Inventory [Time frame: Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- full time undergraduate student at the study site
- between the ages of 18 and 24
- ability to speak and read English
- at least two occasions of binge drinking (5 or more drinks in a row for males, 4 (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control) in the past 28 days
- at least two occasions of binge eating (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control)151 in the past 28 days
- no receipt of mental health or substance use care in the past month.
Exclusion criteria
- not meeting eligibility criteria
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06326099 · R34AA030655