NCT05437484

Peer-led Brief Alcohol Intervention for College Student Drinkers in Spain

Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Peer-led Alcohol Prevention Intervention for College Students. A Exploratory Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A pilot randomized controlled trial was carried out. Fifty nursing students were randomly assigned either a 50-minute brief motivational intervention with individual feedback or a treatment-as-usual control condition. The intervention was delivered by undergraduate peer counsellors trained in Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students. Primary outcomes for testing efficacy were alcohol use and alcohol-related consequences.

Detailed description

Aims: To assess the potential efficacy and the feasibility of a peer-led brief alcohol intervention aimed to reduce the alcohol consumption in Spanish heavy nursing student drinkers. Methods: A pilot randomized controlled trial was carried out. Fifty nursing students were randomly assigned either a 50-minute brief motivational enhancement intervention with individual feedback (n=23) or a treatment-as-usual control condition (n=27). Both motivational interviewing and personalized feedback were delivered by undergraduate peer counsellors trained in Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS). Participants were assessed during their pledge year of university with a one-month follow-up. Primary outcomes for testing efficacy were alcohol use (quantity, heavy-drinking episodes, and peak blood alcohol concentration), and alcohol-related consequences. Quantitative data were analyzed using the U-Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon test. Content analysis was used for measuring the feasibility of the program.

Conditions

• Peer Group
• Motivational Interviewing
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Alcohol Drinking in College

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Peer-led BASICS	The peer-led BASICS session consisted in a face-to-face 50-minute motivational interview. In this meeting, the peer counsellor oriented the participant using a personalized graphic feedback sheet, with topics including participant's drinking pattern; level of intoxication; perceived and actual descriptive drinking norms, alcohol expectancies; drinking consequences; individual risk factors; financial costs; alcohol caloric consumption, and hours of exercise required to burn those calories, and protective behavioral strategies. Participants received a copy of the personalized feedback, a personalized BAC card, and a tips sheet. BASICS facilitators were volunteer undergraduate nursing students from who attented a pre-training course and showed being competent to conduct BASICS-based motivational interview and knowledgeable about alcohol.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-02
• Primary completion: 2020-04-30
• Completion: 2021-05-31
• First posted: 2022-06-29
• Last updated: 2022-06-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain