Resource Allocation for Alcohol
For patients and families
In plain language
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: Resource Allocation, assessment only control.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Alcohol Drinking. Basic parameters: 21 years — 29 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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Overview
A total of 150 young adults (ages 21-29) will be randomized to receive a brief alcohol intervention (intended to reduce alcohol-related resource allocation (e.g., time and money spent on alcohol), alcohol consumption, and alcohol related consequences) or an assessment only control condition. All participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation. All participants will complete a 1 and 3 month follow up survey. Participants can earn up to $126 for completing all study components.
Interventions
- Behavioral Resource Allocation
Those in the intervention condition will receive weekly personalized information summarizing the previous week's resource allocation (e.g., personalized information on how they spent their time and money) in relation to their personal goals, interests, and alcohol use. They will also see a summary of how they spent their time and money in relation to their set goals for the week The information in the intervention feedback will be obtained from participant's responses to the daily surveys on how - Other assessment only control
participants will complete a 3 week monitoring period of daily surveys assessing time spent in various domains during the time, alcohol use, personal goals, and money spent on alcohol and substance-free activities. Each daily survey should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.
Primary outcome measures
- Standard drinks containing alcohol- [Time frame: past 1 month]
- Alcohol-related problems [Time frame: past 1 month]
- Alcohol Demand [Time frame: past 1 month]
- Time allocation [Time frame: past 1 month]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 1)21-29 years old, 2) reside within WA state, 3) report drinking 2+ days per week, on average, in the last six months, 4) report 4+ heavy drinking episodes (4+/5+ for women/men) in the past month,
Exclusion criteria
- 1\) currently enrolled in a 4-year college, 2) currently in or seeking treatment for alcohol use
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
- Prevention
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06432361 · STUDY00018018 · 1R34AA029478-01A1