Smart Drinking Less - web-based training for curbing alcohol

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00006105

Enrollment

528

Registered

2014-07-07

Start date

2014-06-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

problematic alcohol consumption

Interventions

Group 1: group A: access to the online training "Smart Drinking Less", consisting of evidence-based techniques and exercises for curbing alcohol. Online-assessment of alcohol consumption and health co

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Risky alcohol consumption, assessed by an AUDIT score >=6/8 for women/men and an amount of 14/21 for women/men standard units alcoholl within the past week - having a job - Willingness to reduce alcohol consumption; - Access to the internet

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - currently under psychotherapy oder medication due to alcohol - medication for alcohol reduction within the past 6 months - diagnosis of any alcohol/drug use disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Alcohol consumption after 6 weeks, assessed by the number of standard glasses consumed within the last week using the timeline-follow-back method (TLFB, Sobell & Sobell, 1995)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, (AUDIT, Saunders et al., 1993) - Alcohol Problems Questionnaire (APQ, Drummond, 1990) - Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeit (SWE, Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995) to assess general self-efficacy - Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21, Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) - Readiness for change (RCQ, Rollnick et al., 1992) related to the model of change from Prochaska and DiClemente - Assessment of quality of life (AQoL-8D, Richardson et al., 2011) - Trimbos / iMTA questionnaire for Costs associated with Psychiatric Illness (TiC-P, Van Roijen Hakkaart, 2002) - Training satisfaction: self-development based on participants' satisfaction questionnaire (ZUF 8, Schmidt, Lamprecht, Wittmann, 1989) and the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ, Attkisson & Zwick, 1982) - Drop-out reasons (self-development) - Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ-8, Lerner, Amick, Rogers, Malspeis, Bungay, & Cynn, 2001)	—

Measure

Time frame

- Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, (AUDIT, Saunders et al., 1993) - Alcohol Problems Questionnaire (APQ, Drummond, 1990) - Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeit (SWE, Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995) to assess general self-efficacy - Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21, Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) - Readiness for change (RCQ, Rollnick et al., 1992) related to the model of change from Prochaska and DiClemente - Assessment of quality of life (AQoL-8D, Richardson et al., 2011) - Trimbos / iMTA questionnaire for Costs associated with Psychiatric Illness (TiC-P, Van Roijen Hakkaart, 2002) - Training satisfaction: self-development based on participants' satisfaction questionnaire (ZUF 8, Schmidt, Lamprecht, Wittmann, 1989) and the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ, Attkisson & Zwick, 1982) - Drop-out reasons (self-development) - Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ-8, Lerner, Amick, Rogers, Malspeis, Bungay, & Cynn, 2001)

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLeif Boß

Leuphana Universität Lüneburg GET.ON Gesundheitstraining.Online / Innovations-Inkubator

boss@leuphana.de04131 6777835

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 15, 2026