NCT04890652

Digital Interventions to Treat Hazardous Drinking

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 33 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

There has been a significant increase in the prevalence of stress- and alcohol- related disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. This project aims to conduct a feasibility study to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of a digital intervention designed to reduce stress and alcohol use. Additionally, this study will examine the impact of stress, including COVID-19 related stress, on the risk of alcohol misuse and the outcomes of the intervention in risky social drinkers.

Detailed description

This project proposes a feasibility study to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of a digital intervention aimed at addressing stress-related drinking in risky drinkers with emotional stress. This digital intervention combines telehealth- and smartphone app- based approaches, allowing concurrent intervention and participant-initiated daily exercise in a real-life setting. This program integrates alcohol intervention with breathing-based stress reduction and focuses on developing emotion regulation skills to manage stress, craving, and alcohol misuse. After the 4-week intervention, all participants will be prospectively followed for 30 days to monitor stress, alcohol use, and other health-related behaviors.

Conditions

• Hazardous Drinking
• Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Digital intervention	All participants will receive a digital intervention designed to reduce stress and alcohol consumption over a 4-week period. The intervention will include two weekly sessions that integrate alcohol intervention with breathing-based stress management techniques.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-13
• Primary completion: 2023-08-23
• Completion: 2023-08-23
• First posted: 2021-05-18
• Last updated: 2024-09-19
• Results posted: 2024-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States