The Efficacy of the Alcooquizz App to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Consumption
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
New technologies offer potential ways to provide and deliver preventative interventions. With respect to unhealthy alcohol use, offering people tools to assess and manage their risk at any given time using their smartphone may represent an additional opportunity to disseminate preventative interventions. Nevertheless, there is a lack of knowledge on the acceptability and efficacy of smartphone applications for unhealthy alcohol use. Alcooquizz, a smartphone app, has been previously evaluated using a before/after design without randomization, with participants reporting reductions in drinking over time. The current trial proposes to conduct an RCT, comparing reductions in alcohol consumption between participants provided access to Alcooquizz to a no intervention control.
Participants will be recruited through Amazon's MTurk crowdsourcing platform. Potential participants identified as problem drinkers based on an initial survey will be invited to complete another survey in 6 months time. Those who agree to be followed-up will be randomized to be provided a link to download the Alcooquizz app or to a no link control condition. At six-months post-baseline, the MTurk portal will be used to send invitation emails that contain a link to the follow-up survey that asks about their drinking and their impressions of the app. The primary hypothesis to be tested is that participants receiving access to the Alcooquizz app will report a greater level of reduction in number of drinks in a typical week between the baseline survey and six-month follow-up as compared to participants in the no information control condition.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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N/A |
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| No Intervention: Control No intervention |
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| Experimental: Alcooquizz app Alcooquizz is a smartphone app designed to promote reductions in alcohol consumption among people who drink in a hazarzdous fashion |
Behavioral: Alcooquizz
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Change in number of drinks in a typical week from baseline [6 months]
Sum of number of drinks consumed in a typical week
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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18 years of age or over
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A score of 8 or over on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
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Typically consumes 15 or more drinks per week,
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Willingness to complete a 6-month follow-up survey
Exclusion Criteria:
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | Toronto | Ontario | Canada | M5S 2S1 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: John A Cunningham, PhD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 108/2016