The effectiveness of electronic screening and brief intervention for risky drinking in Swedish university students

ISRCTN	ISRCTN55046168
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN55046168
Secondary identifying numbers	N/A

Submission date: 22/01/2010
Registration date: 11/02/2010
Last edited: 23/08/2019

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 of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Preben Bendtsen
Scientific

Division of Social Medicine and Public Health Science
Department of Medical and Health Sciences (IMH)
Linköping University
Linköping
SE-581 83
Sweden

Email	preben.bendtsen@liu.se

Study information

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Other
Study type	Screening
Participant information sheet	Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title	The effectiveness of electronic screening and brief intervention for risky drinking in Swedish university students: a randomised controlled trial
Study objectives	The aim of the present study was to compare differences in alcohol consumption over time, after a series of electronic screenings and brief interventions conducted among young adult students who were considered risky drinkers. The intervention group (IG) received extensive normative feedback while the control group (CG) received short feedback. The study's hypothesis was that at the end of the study period, the IG would have more members who were considered non-risky drinkers, compared to the CG.
Ethics approval(s)	Ethics Committee in Linkoping University approved on the 11th September 2007 (ref: DNR 141-07)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Risky drinking
Intervention	After completing their screenings for alcohol use, but before receiving feedback, respondents were randomly assigned to either the CG, or the IG. The CG then received very brief feedback, consisting of three statements summarising their weekly consumption, their frequency of heavy episodic drinking and their highest blood alcohol concentration during the last three months comparing the respondents' drinking patterns against safe drinking limits established by the Swedish Institute for Public Health. The IG received both the summary statements received by the CG and more comprehensive normative feedback with information describing participants' alcohol use compared to peers at the University, and, if applicable, advice on reducing any unhealthy levels of consumption. The personalised advice received by the IG consisted of twelve possible statements or suggestions concerning the student's alcohol habits.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Changes in risky drinking behaviours at three and six months follow-up
Secondary outcome measures	Changes in blood alcohol content (BAC) levels at three and six months follow-up
Overall study start date	01/10/2007
Completion date	30/05/2008

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	1297 students
Total final enrolment	158
Key inclusion criteria	All third-semester students enrolled for the fall semester, 2007, at Linköping University (LiU) were eligible for participation in this study.
Key exclusion criteria	Students who were not part of the third-semester cohort at Linköping were not invited to participate in this study.
Date of first enrolment	01/10/2007
Date of final enrolment	30/05/2008

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Sweden

Study participating centre

Division of Social Medicine and Public Health Science

Linköping
SE-581 83
Sweden

Sponsor information

Östergötland County Council (Sweden)
Government

Landstinget i Östergötland
581 91 Linköping
Linköping
SE 581 91
Sweden

Phone	46 (0)10 103 00 00
Email	landstinget@lio.se
Website	http://www.lio.se/
"ROR"	https://ror.org/0326gsy75

Funders

Funder type

Government

Östergötland County Council (Sweden)

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	01/06/2011	23/08/2019	Yes	No

Editorial Notes

23/08/2019: Publication reference and total final enrolment added.