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Evaluation of a school-based alcohol education program for secondary school students in Belgium

Evaluation of a school-based alcohol education program for secondary school students in Belgium to reduce problematic alcohol use

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN12322703
Enrollment
216
Registered
2025-03-28
Start date
2023-03-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

Prevention of alcohol misuse among third- and fourth-grade secondary school students of regular and vocational education Other

Interventions

A quasi-experimental design will be used for this study, in which all students at the participating schools in Antwerp/Flanders (Belgium) will be offered the intervention: an education lecture on alco

Sponsors

University of Antwerp
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Third- and fourth-grade students from regular or vocational education in secondary schools in Flanders (Belgium)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants decline consent, which is the first question of both surveys

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Problematic alcohol use is measured using the AUDIT-C Score (short version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) immediately following the educational lesson (T1) and again at follow-up 3 months later (T2)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Subjective self-reported change in alcohol-drinking behaviour measured on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from ‘totally disagree’ to ‘totally agree’ measured at follow-up 3 months later (T2) 2. Subjective effect of the intervention on thinking about own alcohol use, thinking about the alcohol use of people in their surroundings and talking about alcohol use (yes, no, or irrelevant), measured at follow-up 3 months later (T2)

Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Public ContactHanna van Roozendaal
hanna.vanroozendaal@uantwerpen.be+32 (0)3 265 41 11

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026