A Mobile Intervention for Black Individuals Who Engage in Hazardous Drinking
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21+
SponsorUniversity of Houston
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to develop and examine a culturally adapted, mobile health application for the Android and iOS platform. The application uses a personalized feedback intervention (PFI) designed to enhance knowledge regarding adverse anxiety-alcohol interrelations, increase motivation and intention to reduce hazardous drinking, and reduce positive attitudes and intention regarding anxiety-related alcohol use among Black hazardous drinkers with clinical anxiety.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Being 21 years of age or older
Self-identifying as Black or African American
Meeting criteria for current hazardous drinking pattern
Meeting criteria for clinical anxiety
Disqualifiers
Current participation in alcohol or other substance abuse treatment
Engaged in psychotherapy for anxiety or depression
Concurrent use of medication for anxiety or depression
Being pregnant by self-report
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Mobile Application
BehavioralThe mobile application is a culturally adapted, brief, personalized feedback intervention (PFI) to address alcohol misuse in the context of clinical anxiety,
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Mobile ApplicationExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test will be used to assess drinking quantity, craving, and related consequences to alcohol use. The 10 items are rated with various Likert-type scales. The measure produces a total score by adding all of the items of the measure with higher scores indicating greater problems with alcohol (possible range 0 to 40). A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
Time frame
Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI Completion2
Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale
The 5-item Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale will be used to assess anxiety symptom severity and impairment. Each of the items is rated on a Likert-type scale ranging from 0 to 4. Items are summed to produce a total score (possible range 0 to 20). A higher score indicates a worse outcome.
Time frame
Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI CompletionSecondary outcomes
1
Motivation to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Scale
The 1-item Motivation to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Scale will be used to measure current motivation/intention to reduce alcohol. Participants will be asked to select the statement that best describes their motivation/intention to reduce drinking (e.g., "I really want to cut down on drinking alcohol and intend to in the next month"). Higher scores on this measure indicate greater motivation/intention to reduce alcohol consumption (possible range (0-7).
Time frame
Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI Completion2
Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised
The Modified Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised will be used to assess expectancies of drinking. For the current study, the 28-item questionnaire will be used as a measure of expectancies of drinking to reduce/cope with anxiety. The measure utilizes a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (almost never/never) to 5 (almost always/always). Scores are averaged with higher scores indicating greater expectancies of drinking to reduce/cope with anxiety (possible range 1 to 5).
Time frame
Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI Completion3
Alcohol Attitudes Scale
The 7-item Alcohol Attitudes Scale will be utilized to measure maladaptive attitudes for drinking (e.g., "Drinking alcohol is good"). Items are rated on a Likert-type scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Scores will be averaged to create a composite score (possible range 1 to 7). Higher scores indicate greater maladaptive attitudes for drinking.
Time frame
Change from Baseline Pre PFI Completion to 3-months Post PFI CompletionSponsors and contacts
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University of Houston
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov