Alcohol Use Disorder, Digital Health, Recovery Outcomes
Conditions
Keywords
alcohol use disorder, recovery, digital recovery support services, Black population, African American population
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if digital recovery support services (such as smartphone app) help to support alcohol recovery. We focus on a community of Black and African American people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) who receive in-person recovery support services from a recovery community center. Participants will: * Have an initial 2-hour in-person visit with the research team. During this visit, participants will be asked about themselves and their recovery from alcohol problems. They will also learn about digital recovery resources. * Use digital recovery resources on their own for 12 weeks. * Complete a short, weekly survey about their experience using digital recovery resources. * Have a follow-up 1-hour in-person visit where the researcher asks about again about the participants, their recovery and how they felt about using the digital recovery support services.
Detailed description
See study Detailed Protocol in Study Documents.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALDigital recovery support services
The primary intervention is the provision of a menu of digital recovery support services (D-RSS) to participants, along with a phone and data plan (if needed) and technical assistance. We have created a menu of D-RSS options that have been vetted by our team as appropriate for a range of recovery goals (e.g., manage emotions, track sobriety, connect with others) and for a range of technological literacy, as well as being culturally relevant or at minimum culturally agnostic. Types of D-RSS presented to participants include mobile applications, websites, and video playlists, all of which relate to and support addiction recovery. Participants also may use other D-RSS that they identify.
Sponsors
Brandeis University
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Detroit Recovery Project INC
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
All participants will be introduced to a menu of digital recovery services, and will be asked to engage with them over the course of the 12-week trial. We will track the level of engagement and types of digital recovery services used, if any, for analytic purposes. Participants who require a phone or data plan will have access provided through the study.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Able to communicate in English and read at an 8th grade reading level. 2. Able to read and sign an informed consent form. 3. Comfortable with smartphone technology or willing and able to learn. 4. Identify as Black or African American. 5. Is an adult over the age of 18. 6. Is in recovery from alcohol problems for at least 3 months and no more than 5 years. 7. Is receiving in-person recovery support services at our partner recovery community center at the time of screening and enrollment. 8. Willing to receive and respond to weekly texts with a survey link for brief assessments, and complete two in-person research assessments (baseline and 13-week).
Exclusion criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Usability and Acceptability of D-RSS | At the end of the trial (13 weeks) | We include a module consisting of 20 items measuring usability and acceptability on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree). These items were selected from several sources, so do not have a pre-existing scale; we will consider whether a scale is appropriate by examining inter-item correlations and Cronbach's alphas for potentially conceptually similar subsets of items. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTAudrey Hildebrandt
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSharon Reif, PhD
Brandeis University
Outcome results
None listed