Down Your Drink: On-line Randomised Controlled Trial of an Interactive Web-based Intervention for Reducing Alcohol Consumption
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN31070347 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN31070347 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | G0501298 |
- Submission date
- 19/04/2006
- Registration date
- 06/06/2006
- Last edited
- 23/11/2011
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Plain English Summary
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Prof Paul Wallace
Scientific
Scientific
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences
University College London
Archway Campus
Level 2
Holborn Union Building
London
N19 5LW
United Kingdom
| p.wallace@pcps.ucl.ac.uk |
Study information
| Study design | Complex intervention study, incorporating a phase II development stage, together with a pilot phase and a phase III, two-arm randomised controlled trial |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study setting(s) | Not specified |
| Study type | Treatment |
| Scientific title | |
| Study acronym | DYD |
| Study hypothesis | The aim of the study is to determine whether the fully interactive on-line intervention, Down Your Drink (DYD), leads to important reductions in alcohol consumption amongst members of the public at risk of harm from alcohol. Please note that this trial was updated on 29/04/2008. All changes can be found in the relevant field under the above update date. |
| Ethics approval(s) | Ethics approval received from the University College London Research Ethics Committee on the 26 April 2007 (ref: 0825/003). |
| Condition | Alcohol consumption |
| Intervention | Intervention website - DYD interactive web-based intervention, providing motivational enhancement therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy versus comparator website - Hows Your Drink (HYD), a minimally interactive website, providing information only. |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure | Current primary outcome measures as of 29/04/2008: Data from 3 and 12-month follow-up will be analysed separately at the end of the trial. The primary end point is at 3 months. The primary outcome is reduction in alcohol consumption. The primary outcome measure will be total past weeks alcohol consumption. Previous primary outcome measures: Data from 3 and 12-month follow-up will be analysed separately at the end of the trial. The primary end point is at 3 months. The primary outcome is reduction in alcohol consumption. The primary outcome measure will be total past weeks alcohol consumption as calculated by quantity or frequency. |
| Secondary outcome measures | Added as of 29/04/2008: 1. AUDIT 2. Alcohol Problems Questionnaire (APQ) 3. Leeds Dependence Questionnaire (LDQ) 4. CORE-10 |
| Overall study start date | 01/07/2006 |
| Overall study end date | 31/12/2009 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Adult |
| Lower age limit | 18 Years |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | 2600 |
| Participant inclusion criteria | Current inclusion criteria as of 29/04/2008: All participants aged 18 or over and scoring 5 or more on the AUDIT-C screening test. Previous inclusion criteria: All registrants of the How's Your Drink (HYD) website (aged 16 or over) with a functional assessment staging tool (FAST) score of 3 or more who consent to participate. |
| Participant exclusion criteria | Current exclusion criteria as of 29/04/2008: 1. Research participants who are under 18 years of age 2. Inability to provide informed consent due to mental incapacity or active psychotic illness 3. Inability to use intervention independently due to visual, hearing or motor handicap 4. Inability to use intervention or to complete the follow-up questionnaires independently due to poor command of English Previous exclusion criteria: 1. Research participants who are under 16 years of age 2. Inability to provide informed consent due to mental incapacity or active psychotic illness 3. Inability to use intervention independently due to visual, hearing or motor handicap 4. Inability to use intervention or to complete the follow-up questionnaires independently due to poor command of English |
| Recruitment start date | 01/07/2006 |
| Recruitment end date | 31/12/2009 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences
London
N19 5LW
United Kingdom
N19 5LW
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
University College London (UK)
University/education
University/education
University College London
Biomedicine Research and Development Unit
Hampstead Campus
London
NW3 2PF
England
United Kingdom
| o.avwenagha@medsch.ucl.ac.uk | |
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/02jx3x895 |
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
National Prevention Research Initiative (NPRI) (UK)
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
| IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results article | results | 02/03/2011 | Yes | No | |
| Results article | results | 09/03/2011 | Yes | No | |
| Results article | results | 18/11/2011 | Yes | No |
