Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Jeannet Kramer
ORCID ID
Contact details
Trimbos Institute - Netherlands Institute for Mental Health and Addiction
Centre for Prevention and Brief Intervention
P.O. Box 725
Utrecht
3500 AS
Netherlands
+31 (0)30 295 9380
jkramer@trimbos.nl
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Compared to a waiting list control group, do participants who receive a multi media self-help program drink less standard units of alcohol a week?
Ethics approval
Approval received from the local ethics board (METIGG, chamber North, PO Box 86, 3500 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands) on the 22nd September 2006 (ref: CCMO registration number: NL13989.097.06; Research number: 6235).
Study design
Randomised, controlled, parallel group trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Problem drinking
Intervention
The experimental group received the multichannel Teleac course Drinking less, do it yourself!. Its a cognitive behavioural self-help intervention to reduce alcohol consumption. The course consists of a course book (Drinking less: Lemmers et al, 2006), five television episodes of 25 minutes (Teleac/NOT, 2006) the self-help site MinderDrinken.nl (Riper E.A., 2002) and an informative site of Teleac: www.teleac.nl/minderdrinken.nl. The book has 190 pages and contains information, exercises and a diary to register alcohol intake. The television episodes follow the information in the five chapters of the book. Also two students are followed over time while they work through the course. A TV-coach gives advice.
The waiting list control group receives the intervention after the post-measurement (about eight weeks after baseline).
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Alcohol consumption a week measured in standard units (weekly recall). Measured after the intervention (T1) and three months later (T2) and at the same time for the waiting list control group.
Measurements:
1. T0: baseline (pre-intervention)
2. T1: 7 weeks after T0
3. T2: 3 months after T1
Secondary outcome measures
1. Alcohol related problems
2. Health care use
3. Quality of life
Measurements:
1. T0: baseline (pre-intervention)
2. T1: 7 weeks after T0
3. T2: 3 months after T1
Overall trial start date
01/09/2006
Overall trial end date
31/01/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Informed consent
2. Age of 18 years or older
3. Access to the internet
4. Availability of an e-mail address
5. Access to a DVD or video player
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
200
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Professional help for alcohol problems
2. Member of a self help group like Alcoholics Anonymous
3. Presently using alcohol medication
4. Involved in a study about alcohol
5. No alcohol consumption at baseline
Recruitment start date
01/09/2006
Recruitment end date
31/01/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Trial participating centre
Trimbos Institute - Netherlands Institute for Mental Health and Addiction
Utrecht
3500 AS
Netherlands
Sponsor information
Organisation
Trimbos Institute - Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (The Netherlands)
Sponsor details
P.O. Box 725
Utrecht
3500 AS
Netherlands
+31 (0)30 297 1100
info@trimbos.nl
Sponsor type
Research organisation
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
Trimbos Institute - Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (The Netherlands)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list