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Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to evaluate digital health promotion resources targeting Australians aged in their 50s, 60s and 70s who engage in risky alcohol consumption. Traditional messaging about long-term alcohol-related disease risks can often fail to resonate with this group. To address this, this project has developed short videos based on what this demographic has told us they want: real stories and real people that model positive changes in alcohol use. The intervention seeks to empower individuals with alternative social and relaxation strategies to support healthy ageing, while also shifting attitudes, norms, and knowledge toward lower-risk drinking behaviours.
Interventions
(1) DESCRIPTION OF SURVEY SCHEDULE
There will be three surveys conducted at three time points, with each survey running for approximately 20 minutes:
(a) t0 survey: the baseline survey which will also screen for participant eligibility;
(b) t1 survey: participants will be invited to this survey approximately 48 hours after completing the baseline survey, and the t1 survey will include embedded short intervention or control videos; and
(c) t2 survey: four week follow up after t1.
(2) DESCRIPTIO
(1) DESCRIPTION OF SURVEY SCHEDULE There will be three surveys conducted at three time points, with each survey running for approximately 20 minutes: (a) t0 survey: the baseline survey which will also screen for participant eligibility; (b) t1 survey: participants will be invited to this survey approximately 48 hours after completing the baseline survey, and the t1 survey will include embedded short intervention or control videos; and (c) t2 survey: four week follow up after t1. (2) DESCRIPTION OF INTERVENTION The intervention condition is exposure to the alcohol harm reduction short videos co-designed for this trial. Participants in the intervention group will be shown two three-minute videos featuring peers of a similar age discussing their motivations and strategies for reducing alcohol use. The videos will be embedded in the t1 REDCap survey and delivered individually without direct researcher involvement. The total intervention duration is six minutes, and the order of video presentation will be randomised within REDCap. To monitor adherence, we will (a) insert hidden multiple timestamp fields in RedCap to calculate whether the time spent on the video section was at least as long as the video duration, and (b) participants will be asked at t1 and at t2 (4 week follow up) to report in quantitative scales and in qualitative open-text fields their impressions and what they recall from the videos. Participants will receive the intervention in their homes, workplaces or other place of their choosing. The specific location will depend on where the participant is physically located at the time of watching the videos.
Sponsors
Monash University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 79 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Residents of Australia 2. Aged between 50 and 79 years old inclusive. 3. "Risky drinkers". Participants have AUDIT-C scores of 3-10 for women, and 4-10 for men. An AUDIT-C score indicating possible hazardous drinking is greater than or equal to 4 for men and greater than or equal to 3 for women. AUDIT-C scores of 11 and 12 suggest possible dependence.
Exclusion criteria
1. Participants who are located outside Australia 2. Participants aged 49 years and younger and 80 years and older will be excluded. 3. Participants drinking at lower-risk levels or at levels suggestive of dependence (see above on AUDIT-C scores) 4. Participants with low English language proficiency
Outcome results
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