Effect of High School Alcohol Policies on Students' Binge Drinking- a Natural Experiment

Sponsor

University of Southern Denmark (Other)

Overall Status

Unknown status

CT.gov ID

NCT03704402

Collaborator

(none)

5,000

Enrollment

63.9

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The aim of the project is to evaluate the effects of the introduction of new mutual alcohol policies in 30 high schools in 2017 on students binge drinking.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Alcohol Policy Binge Drinking	Other: Alcohol policy

Detailed Description

In August 2017, 13 high schools in Zealand and all of Funen's 11 high schools and 6 high schools in Ringkøbing introduced new mutual alcohol policy for alcohol on study trips, parties, cafes and other social events.

The background for the introduction of the alcohol policies was the aim of reducing alcohol intake among students and that alcohol should have a less dominant role. By setting the same framework, the alcohol policies aims at promoting community, responsibility and respect.

The aim of the project is to evaluate the effects of the introduction of new mutual alcohol policies on students binge drinking.

The analysis is a natural experiment that compare binge drinking among students at schools after the introduction of the policy with binge drinking among students a schools that did not introduce the policy.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Anticipated Enrollment :

5000 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Effect of High School Alcohol Policies on Students' Binge Drinking- a Natural Experiment

Actual Study Start Date :

Jan 1, 2014

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Apr 30, 2019

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Apr 30, 2019

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
alcohol policy group High schools that introduced the policy	Other: Alcohol policy Introduction of new mutual alcohol policy
control group High schools that did not introduce the policy

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

alcohol policy group

High schools that introduced the policy

Other: Alcohol policy

Introduction of new mutual alcohol policy

control group

High schools that did not introduce the policy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Binge drinking 4 or more times within the last month [january 2019]
Reduction in the number of students that drink 5 or more drinks on the same occasion 4 or more times within the last month

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

14 Years to 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

High school student

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Southern Denmark

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Veronica Pisinger, Southern Denmark University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

University of Southern Denmark

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT03704402

Other Study ID Numbers:

15/4155

First Posted:

Oct 12, 2018

Last Update Posted:

Oct 12, 2018

Last Verified:

Oct 1, 2018

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Binge Drinking

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 12, 2018