Down Your Drink: On-line Randomised Controlled Trial of an Interactive Web-based Intervention for Reducing Alcohol Consumption

Conditions

Alcohol consumption Mental and Behavioural Disorders Alcohol consumption

Elizabeth Murray, Ian R. White, Mira Varagunam, Christine Godfrey, Zarnie Khadjesari et al. (6 authors)

Journal of Medical Internet Research2013-08-30140 citations

10.2196/jmir.2336

Impact of length or relevance of questionnaires on attrition in online trials: randomized controlled trial.

McCambridge J, Kalaitzaki E, White IR, Khadjesari Z, Murray E, Linke S, Thompson SG, Godfrey C, Wallace P.

2011-11-1848 citations

10.2196/jmir.1733

On-line randomized controlled trial of an internet based psychologically enhanced intervention for people with hazardous alcohol consumption.

Wallace P, Murray E, McCambridge J, Khadjesari Z, White IR, Thompson SG, Kalaitzaki E, Godfrey C, Linke S.

2011-03-0975 citations

10.1371/journal.pone.0014740

Impact and costs of incentives to reduce attrition in online trials: two randomized controlled trials.

Khadjesari Z, Murray E, Kalaitzaki E, White IR, McCambridge J, Thompson SG, Wallace P, Godfrey C.

2011-03-0286 citations

10.2196/jmir.1523

The DYD-RCT protocol: an on-line randomised controlled trial of an interactive computer-based intervention compared with a standard information website to reduce alcohol consumption among hazardous drinkers.

Murray E, McCambridge J, Khadjesari Z, White IR, Thompson SG, Godfrey C, Linke S, Wallace P.

2007-10-2628 citations

10.1186/1471-2458-7-306

Interventions

Intervention website - DYD interactive web-based intervention, providing motivational enhancement therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy versus comparator website - How?s Your Drink (HYD), a minimall

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Current inclusion criteria as of 29/04/2008: All participants aged 18 or over and scoring 5 or more on the AUDIT-C screening test. Previous inclusion criteria: All registrants of the How's Your Drink (HYD) website (aged 16 or over) with a functional assessment staging tool (FAST) score of 3 or more who consent to participate.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Current exclusion criteria as of 29/04/2008: 1. Research participants who are under 18 years of age 2. Inability to provide informed consent due to mental incapacity or active psychotic illness 3. Inability to use intervention independently due to visual, hearing or motor handicap 4. Inability to use intervention or to complete the follow-up questionnaires independently due to poor command of English Previous exclusion criteria: 1. Research participants who are under 16 years of age 2. Inability to provide informed consent due to mental incapacity or active psychotic illness 3. Inability to use intervention independently due to visual, hearing or motor handicap 4. Inability to use intervention or to complete the follow-up questionnaires independently due to poor command of English

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Current primary outcome measures as of 29/04/2008: Data from 3 and 12-month follow-up will be analysed separately at the end of the trial. The primary end point is at 3 months. The primary outcome is reduction in alcohol consumption. The primary outcome measure will be total past week?s alcohol consumption. Previous primary outcome measures: Data from 3 and 12-month follow-up will be analysed separately at the end of the trial. The primary end point is at 3 months. The primary outcome is reduction in alcohol consumption. The primary outcome measure will be total past week?s alcohol consumption as calculated by quantity or frequency.	—

Measure

Time frame

Current primary outcome measures as of 29/04/2008: Data from 3 and 12-month follow-up will be analysed separately at the end of the trial. The primary end point is at 3 months. The primary outcome is reduction in alcohol consumption. The primary outcome measure will be total past week?s alcohol consumption. Previous primary outcome measures: Data from 3 and 12-month follow-up will be analysed separately at the end of the trial. The primary end point is at 3 months. The primary outcome is reduction in alcohol consumption. The primary outcome measure will be total past week?s alcohol consumption as calculated by quantity or frequency.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Added as of 29/04/2008: 1. AUDIT 2. Alcohol Problems Questionnaire (APQ) 3. Leeds Dependence Questionnaire (LDQ) 4. CORE-10	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed