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NCT Number: NCT02283593

Self-help Internet-based Relapse Prevention for Problematic Alcohol Use

The purpose of this study is to observe and evaluate the use of a relapse prevention program over time among internet help-seekers. Participants are recruited via a nationally known portal for assisting anonymous individuals with changing their problematic alcohol use in a healthier direction (alkoholhjalpen.se). The intervention offered lasts 10 weeks and includes 7 relapse prevention modules, with a three-week pause between the 6th and 7th modules. Baseline data are collected regarding substance use and psychosocial health and follow-up takes place 10 weeks after recruitment. The study is observational.

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Key information

Conditions

Problematic Alcohol Use

Age range

15 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience

Stockholm, 17176, Sweden

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • AUDIT >5 points for women
  • AUDIT >7 points for men

Exclusion criteria

  • AUDIT <6 points for women
  • AUDIT <8 points for men

Treatment and study plan

eChange.se

Behavioral

7 modules: 1. Making a decisional balance 2. Setting a goal for alcohol consumption 3. Learning self control skills 4. Identifying risk situations 5. Dealing with urges 6. Dealing with emotions and with social pressure 7. Developing a crisis plan

Other names: SO (Self-help online, see Blankers et al., 2011)

Primary outcomes

  1. Timeline Follow Back (TLFB)

    Time frame: 10 weeks

    Quantity/frequency measure of alcohol consumption

  2. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

    Time frame: 10 weeks

    3 consumption questions and 7 problem-related questions regarding alcohol consumption

Secondary outcomes

  1. The Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT)

    Time frame: 10 weeks

    3 consumption questions and 7 problem-related questions regarding drug consumption

  2. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

    Time frame: 10 weeks

    14 questions, 7 on anxiety symptoms and 7 on depression symptoms

  3. The Readiness to Change Questionnaire (RTCQ)

    Time frame: 10 weeks

    12 questions rated from -2 to +2 and divided into 3 dimensions: precontemplation, contemplation and action

  4. The Readiness Ruler

    Time frame: 10 weeks

    Scores between 0 and 100. In this study, "I am not ready to change my drinking habits" and "I am very much ready to change my drinking habits".

  5. The World Health Quality of Life - shorter version (WHOQOL - BREF)

    Time frame: 10 weeks

    26 questions measuring four domains of quality of life: physical, psychological, social and environment.

  6. EQ-5D-5L

    Time frame: 10 weeks

    5 questions on the following dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activity, pain/discomfort and anxiety/discomfort

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Karolinska Institutet

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Self-help Internet-based Relapse Prevention for Problematic Alcohol Use: A Naturalistic Study Among Internet Help-seekers

Acronym: eChangeNAT

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Nov 5, 2014
Registry last updated
Sep 1, 2015

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