NCT04011644

Mobile Health for Alcohol Use Disorders in Clinical Practice

Integrating mHealth for Alcohol Use Disorders Into Clinical Practice

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 558 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the impact on risky drinking days and quality of life for patients with alcohol use disorder among patients who use a mobile health smart phone application. A third of the participants will receive access to the smart phone app without any monitoring; a third of the participants will receive access to the smart phone app monitored by and connected with a peer mentor; a third will receive access to the smart phone app monitored by and connected with a health coach who works within a healthcare system.

Detailed description

Patients in the trial will be given versions of an evidence-based mobile-health (mHealth) system (re-design based on A-CHESS) that is delivered using different implementation strategies according to study group. A-CHESS has more than 18 services designed to improve social relatedness, coping competence, and intrinsic motivation. The following describes key A-CHESS services that will be tested in the current study: * Welcome message - patients write why they are choosing to reduce their drinking. * Coping with Cravings - the system automatically notifies nearby pre-approved friends, family, and peers, who can respond to a request for support. The patient can also be linked to positive activities, such as suggested games to download and play and audio/video-based relaxation recordings. * Monitoring functionality- self-assessment measures, record of A-CHESS use, and prediction of the patient's likelihood of having a heavy drinking episode in the next week. A-CHESS sends patients with worrisome responses suggestions of coping skills, online peer support, healthy events, etc. With patient permission, a prediction of high-risk can be shared with others in a position to provide support. * Triage and feedback functionality is designed to derail a setback in goal attainment, giving the patient 'just in time,' tailored support by linking patients to relevant A-CHESS resources or individuals (depending on group assignment). * The Specialist Report, harvests clinically relevant data from A-CHESS and presents it to a peer mentor (in the peer-supported group) or a health coach (in the clinically integrated group), at which point they may intervene with patients (e.g., through texting in A-CHESS). * Facilitated discussion groups (in the clinically integrated group.) Discussions are monitored daily by an A-CHESS coach. * Library - information about healthy lifestyle choices, calendar of healthy events in the area, etc. * Drink tracker and report feature - patients to self-monitor their drinking and each week see a summary of how they did the past week. * Profiles about why patients want to reduce their drinking. All patients enrolled in the study will participate in a 3-month intervention period followed by a 9-month follow-up period, for a total of 12 months. All patient will undergo a 72-hour run-in period. After 72 hours, patients who remain in the study will be randomized to one of the following groups and receive the appropriate access to features. One group will operate independently; one group will have help from a peer-mentor; one group will be connected to a healthcare system by a health coach.

Conditions

• Alcohol Drinking
• Telemedicine

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	A-CHESS self-monitored	Patients have access to a smart phone app that provides information on tips on how to reduce drinking, a drink tracker, a journal, discussion boards, and private messaging with a research team member. Patients set weekly goals related to their drinking, reassess each week, and set a new goal for the upcoming week.
BEHAVIORAL	A-CHESS peer-supported	Patients have access to a smart phone app that provides information on tips on how to reduce drinking, a drink tracker, a journal, discussion boards, and private messaging with a counselor. Patients set weekly goals related to their drinking, reassess each week, and set a new goal for the upcoming week.
BEHAVIORAL	A-CHESS clinically-integrated	Patients have access to a smart phone app that provides information on tips on how to reduce drinking, a drink tracker, a journal, discussion boards, and private messaging with a health coach. Patients set weekly goals related to their drinking, reassess each week, and set a new goal for the upcoming week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-23
• Primary completion: 2023-10-31
• Completion: 2024-01-22
• First posted: 2019-07-08
• Last updated: 2025-01-23
• Results posted: 2025-01-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States