NCT06779006

Effectiveness of Internet-Based Self-Help ACT With Behavioral Activation in Improving Alcohol Use Abstinence Among Ethnic Minority Young Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder

Effectiveness of Internet-Based Self-Help ACT With Behavioral Activation in Improving Alcohol Use Abstinence Among Ethnic Minority Young Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder in Hong Kong, 2024: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the preliminary effectiveness and feasibility of internet-based self-help acceptance and commitment therapy with behavioral activation for ethnic minority young adults with alcohol use disorder. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is the internet-based self-help acceptance and commitment therapy with Behavioral activation (self-help iACT-BA) feasible and acceptable for ethnic minority young adults with AUD? * Does the self-help iACT-BA promote greater abstinence from alcohol use compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in ethnic minority young adults diagnosed with AUD? Researchers will compare self-help iACT-BA to treatment as usual (TAU) to see if self-help iACT-BA works to treat alcohol use disorder in ethnic minority young adults. Participants will: * Received a self-help iACT-BA module every week for 6 weeks. or a placebo every day for 4 months * Access the module every week, read the material, practice, and complete home assignments.

Conditions

• Alcohol Use Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Self-help acceptance and commitment therapy with behavioral activation	Internet-based self-help acceptance and commitment therapy with behavioral activation

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-15
• Primary completion: 2025-03-28
• Completion: 2025-04-28
• First posted: 2025-01-16
• Last updated: 2025-01-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong