THRIVE (Tertiary Health Research Intervention Via Email)

For undergraduate university students drinking at harmful and hazardous levels, how effective is 10 minutes of web-based motivational assessment and personalised feedback compared to screening alone in reducing frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption?

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12608000104358

Acronym

THRIVE

Enrollment

13000

Registered

2008-02-25

Start date

2007-03-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study sought to determine the efficacy of universal web-based screening and provision of motivational feedback to reduce hazardous drinking among a university undergraduate student population.

Interventions

10 minutes of web-based motivational assessment and personalised feedback on alcohol consumption versus screening only control followed up at one and six months.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

17 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: full-time enrolment at Curtin University of Technololgy, internal study mode at Bentley campus, recent hazardous drinking: scoring 8+ on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and drinking more than 4/6 (females/males) standard drinks on one or more occasions in previous 4 weeks. (Hazardous drinking status assessed via web-based screening questionnaire.)

Exclusion criteria

Not recent hazardous drinking: scoring 7 or below on the AUDIT and/or not drinking more than 4/6 (females/males) standard drinks on one or more occasions in previous 4 weeks.

Outcome results