Young and Well Collaborative Research Centre (YAWCRC) Youth Wellbeing Etool Evaluation

Evaluation of "Ray's night out": a new iPhone app targeting alcohol use in young people

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12613001291774

Acronym

N/A

Enrollment

197

Registered

2013-11-21

Start date

2014-03-27

Completion date

2014-09-10

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study will evaluate changes in attitudes toward alcohol, knowledge and application of harm minimisation strategies and alcohol use following use of the eTool. A field trial will be conducted to determine the outcomes of the eTool on young people's attitudes to alcohol and knowledge of behaviours for safe alcohol consumption, as well as further information on the usability of the app. Young people will be given the eTool to trial for one month, during which time the eTool will collect information about their usage (including the number of times it was used; the date, time and duration each session of use), the sections of the eTool accessed and data entered into the app . This includes the number of drinks they typically consume on a 'fun', 'relaxed' and 'crazy' night and the number of drinks they can consume before hitting their 'stupid line' for drinking (the point at which a fun night out gets messy). At the end of the app young people are asked to re-enter the number of drinks they typically consume on a 'fun', 'relaxed' and 'crazy' night after receiving feedback on their night out with Ray, the red panda who is the character in the game. Research follow ups on young people's attitudes to alcohol, knowledge of behaviours for safe alcohol consumption and alcohol use is collected at 1, 2, 3 and 6 months follow up.

Interventions

Young people who drink regularly will be invited to use a new mobile phone game application, 'Ray's Night Out', over a one month period, to increase their knowledge of harm minimisation strategies for alcohol consumption. Participants' knowledge of harm reduction strategies will be measured before and after

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Other

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged 16-25 years 2. Drink alcohol at least once a month 3. Have access to an iPhone4 or higher

Exclusion criteria

nil

Outcome results