Clinical trial NCT00183131: The iHealth Study in College Students
Official title: Internet Screening and Brief Intervention for Hazardous Drinking in College Students: A Pilot Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol Dependence
Unhealthy Alcohol Use
Risky Alcohol Consumption Amounts
Hazardous Alcohol Use
Keywords: Alcohol
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol dependence
Alcohol consumption
Unhealthy alcohol use
Screening
Brief Intervention
Effectiveness
Electronic intervention
Web-based intervention
College students
Lead sponsor: Boston Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
name: Boston University
First posted: 2005-09-16
Enrollment: 4300
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The objective of this project was to test the feasibility of electronic mail recruitment and web screening for hazardous drinking, to compare different approaches to encouraging screening, and to estimate the effects of minimal and more extensive feedback in preparation for a future alcohol web-based brief intervention study

Detailed description: This pilot study aims to test the feasibility of electronic mail recruitment and web screening for alcohol problems, to compare different approaches to encouraging screening, and to estimate the effects of minimal and more extensive feedback in preparation for a future alcohol web-based brief intervention study. To do so, 4300 freshman adult college students will be randomized to receive an electronic mail request to complete a web alcohol screening test using an alcohol-specific or a general wellness approach. The primary outcome is the proportion of respondents who complete alcohol screening. Additional outcomes include readiness to change drinking, help-seeking, alcohol consumption and consequences. The results of this pilot study will provide information useful to 1) colleges deciding how best to implement universal screening for hazardous alcohol use, and 2) in the preparation of a larger study of web-based screening and brief intervention for hazardous drinking in college students.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older
* Full time student
* College freshman

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in the number of times a subject exceeded per occasion limits
measure: Drinking risky amounts
measure: Heavy episodic drinking
measure: Drinks per day
measure: Hazardous drinking
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Abstinence
measure: Readiness to change alcohol use
measure: Help-seeking
measure: Alcohol consequences
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Boston University
state: Massachusetts
Study officials:
affiliation: Boston University
name: Richard Saitz, M.D., M.P.H.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Saitz R, Helmuth ED, Aromaa SE, Guard A, Belanger M, Rosenbloom DL. Web-based screening and brief intervention for the spectrum of alcohol problems. Prev Med. 2004 Nov;39(5):969-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.011.