Clinical trial NCT02453971: Trial to Evaluate the Effects of the German eCHECKUP TO GO in Students
Official title: German Title: Prävention Substanzbezogener Störungen Bei Studierenden
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Alcohol Consumption
Keywords: alcohol consumption
binge drinking
web-based personalized feedback program
students
Lead sponsor: Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Federal Ministry of Health, Germany
First posted: 2015-05-27
Enrollment: 1465
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of the German eCHECKUP TO GO (eCHUG-D) in students. Compared to the control group subjects who conducted eCHUG-D should have less alcohol consumption and less alcohol associated problems after three and six months.

Detailed description: The effectivity of the eCHUG-D will be checked through a prospective randomized-controlled web-study.

All students at the participating universities will be informed about the PsSt-study. They have to agree to the informed consent to take part in the study. A missing agreement leads to exclusion. All subjects get an individual random login-code for study participation. After random assignment (intervention (eCHUG-D) vs. control group) all subjects have to answer the same web-questionnaires about their alcohol consumption (see outcome variables). Subjects of the intervention group are then requested to conduct eCHUG-D and to fill in their login-code at the end of the program.

The 3-month and 6-month follow-ups contain similar questions about alcohol consumption and alcohol related consequences. On 6-month follow-up additional questions ask about the acceptance of eCHUG-D (intervention group) and the acceptance of the study in general (control condition).

Earlier studies showed the effectiveness of eCHUG in US college samples. The primary endpoint of the study ist the amount of alcohol consumed. We hypothesize that the eCHUG group will show significantly lower levels of alcohol intake than the control group

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* any student

Exclusion Criteria:

* ongoing recuperation

Primary outcomes:
measure: Quantity-Frequency Questions (Alcohol Consumption)
timeFrame: 3-month
measure: Quantity-Frequency Questions (Alcohol Consumption)
timeFrame: 6-month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Maximum Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
timeFrame: 3-month
measure: Maximum Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
timeFrame: 6-month
measure: Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI) (18-Item Version)
timeFrame: 3-month
measure: Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI) (18-Item Version)
timeFrame: 6-month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Esslingen
country: Germany
facility: University of Applied Sciences Esslingen
state: Baden-Wuerttemberg
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Applied Sciences Esslingen
name: Thomas Heidenreich, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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