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Does participant awareness of study focus and assessment of drinking influence subsequent alcohol consumption?

Does participant awareness of study focus and assessment of drinking influence subsequent alcohol consumption?

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ANZCTR
Registry ID
ACTRN12612000255886
Acronym
HARBI
Enrollment
4000
Registered
2012-02-29
Start date
2012-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study aims to test two experimental hypotheses: 1) A comparison of awareness and lack of awareness of study focus, and 2) Assessment of awareness versus non-awareness of monitoring behaviour. The focus is on whether answering specific questions within the research assessment questionnaire causes participants to think differently about their behaviour, and to subsequently act upon it.

Interventions

Behavioural: All participants will be randomised to one of three web-based surveys (Groups A, B or C). All participants will answer the same questions on lifestyle behviours including socialisation, fast food intake, drinking and physical activity. Group A will be told they are completing a Lifestyle Survey while Group B will be told the focus of the survey is alcohol intake. Group C will also be told the focus of the survey is alcohol intake but they will answer a series of extra questions ab

Behavioural: All participants will be randomised to one of three web-based surveys (Groups A, B or C). All participants will answer the same questions on lifestyle behviours including socialisation, fast food intake, drinking and physical activity. Group A will be told they are completing a Lifestyle Survey while Group B will be told the focus of the survey is alcohol intake. Group C will also be told the focus of the survey is alcohol intake but they will answer a series of extra questions about the impact of alcohol on their behaviour and lifestyle before answering the same lifestyle questions as Group A and B. All surveys will take less than 10 minutes to complete. All participants will be asked to complete a second, follow-up survey 4 weeks later and this will take less than 5 minnutes to complete.

Sponsors

A/Pro Kypros Kypri
Lead SponsorIndividual

Study design

Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

English speaking adults

Exclusion criteria

Nil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ANZCTR · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026