NCT05756114

Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery Study

Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery Involvement and Alcohol Use Outcomes

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study identifies whether and how online support groups may work to confer therapeutic benefits onto its participants.

Detailed description

Online support groups (e.g., SMART Recovery) are an increasingly common non-professional intervention for people who engage in problematic alcohol use, but it is unclear how they help participants reduce their use. The primary objective of this study is to determine whether alcohol use decreases more after attending online SMART Recovery psychoeducational support group meetings, as compared to receiving psychoeducational content alone. The secondary objectives are to identify whether variables such as quality of life and recovery capital (i.e., resources to support recovery from addiction) relate to treatment outcomes.

Conditions

• Alcohol Use Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Support Group	Support Group condition, meetings will be held online via HIPAA-compliant Zoom and run by a trained SMART Recovery meeting facilitator
OTHER	Psychoeducational Email	Participants receive a weekly email with a Qualtrics survey link containing psychoeducational content.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-01
• Primary completion: 2025-04-01
• Completion: 2025-04-01
• First posted: 2023-03-06
• Last updated: 2023-06-12