Brief Binge Eating and Drinking Online Intervention

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-24
SponsorUniversity of Southern California

About this trial

This pilot project targets both binge drinking and binge eating behavior in college students through a mobile-based online program that provides students with evidence-based intervention material designed to reduce the incidence of both behaviors and encourage students to seek more formal in-person counseling.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

full time undergraduate student at the study site

between the ages of 18 and 24

ability to speak and read English

at least two occasions of binge drinking (5 or more drinks in a row for males, 4 (i.e., an objectively large amount of food with a self-reported loss of control) in the past 28 days

Disqualifiers

not meeting eligibility criteria

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking Intervention

    Behavioral

    The intervention is an online mobile phone program developed by our research team. It builds upon efficacious brief alcohol interventions with college students by addressing underlying loss of control, impulsivity, and emotion regulation through the use of videos, interactive activities, and psychoeducation.

Treatment groups

300 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Brief Online Binge Eating and Drinking InterventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Resources OnlyNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Frequency of past 28-day binge drinking

Number of binge drinking episodes in the past 28 days

Time frame
Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up
2

Frequency of past 28-day binge eating

Number of binge eating episodes in the past 28 days

Time frame
Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up
3

Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire (B-YAACQ)

21 alcohol-related consequences experienced in the past month. Sum positive responses to get a score from 0 to 24 (higher score indicates greater number of consequences)

Time frame
Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up

Secondary outcomes

1

Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder Treatment History Inventory

Utilization of mental health and/or substance use care

Time frame
Baseline, one-month follow-up, and three-month follow-up

Other outcomes

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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