Alcohol Consumption
Conditions
Brief summary
There are a number of popular, freely available online interventions targeting hazardous alcohol consumption. Unfortunately, most have limited or no published evidence regarding their efficacy. Of particular interest is the intervention, 'Hello Sunday Morning.' The current project proposes to evaluate its' efficacy employing a RCT, using The Check Your Drinking intervention as an active comparator in the trial. Participants will be recruited through Amazon's MTurk crowdsourcing platform. Potential participants identified as problem drinkers based on an initial survey will be invited to complete another survey in 6 months time. Those who agree to be followed-up will be assigned by chance to be asked versus not asked to access one of the interventions and then recontacted 6 months later to ask about their drinking and their impressions of the online intervention. The primary hypothesis to be tested is that participants receiving access to any of the online interventions will report a greater level of reduction in number of drinks in a typical week between the baseline survey and six-month follow-up as compared to participants in the control condition.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCheck Your Drinking
A anonymous brief survey designed to provide normative feedback of individual's drinking with the intent of motivating reductions in drinking
BEHAVIORALHello Sunday Morning
Brief online intervention that allows Individual's reflect on their drinking reductions progress and goals.
Sponsors
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18 years of age or over * A score of 8 or over on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) * Typically consumes 15 or more drinks per week, * Willingness to complete a 6-month follow-up survey
Exclusion criteria
None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the variable, number of drinks in a typical week, from baseline measurement to 6-month follow-up | 6 months | Sum of number of drinks consumed in a typical week |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed