Stepped Care for Mandated College Students

NCT ID: NCT00247182

Last Updated: 2016-09-21

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

598 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-10-31

Study Completion Date

2011-06-30

Brief Summary

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This project provides stepped care to college students mandated for alcohol-related offenses. Students are first provided with a minimal intervention, a 15-minute discussion of their alcohol use. Students who continue to drink in a risky manner are provided with a more intensive, hour-long brief motivational interview. By providing more intensive treatment to the students who exhibit risky drinking, we hope to maximize the efficiency of campus alcohol programs.

Detailed Description

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Colleges and universities have seen a large increase in the number of students referred to the administration for the violation of alcohol policies. However, research indicates that the majority of mandated students may not require extensive treatment. Stepped care assigns individuals to different levels of care according to their response to treatment. Encouraging research indicates that minimal interventions and BMIs may reduce heavy drinking in mandated college students. Thus, implementing stepped care using these interventions could maximize treatment efficiency and reduce the demands on campus alcohol programs.

Participants will be students mandated to attend an alcohol program at a northeastern private university. All participants will receive Step 1, a 15-minute minimal intervention including a discussion of the referral incident and the provision of a booklet containing advice to reduce drinking. Participants will be assessed six weeks later, and those continuing to exhibit risky alcohol use will receive Step 2, randomization to: (a) a 60-90 minute brief motivational intervention (BMI) or (b) an assessment-only control. All students will complete 3, 6, and 9 month follow-up assessments. The three groups will be compared on two outcome measures: frequency of binge drinking episodes and alcohol-related problems in the past 30 days. Predictors of treatment response (readiness to change, alcohol expectancies, age of first drink, sensation seeking, descriptive norms, and reaction to the referral) will also be evaluated for both steps of the intervention. Research findings will assist college alcohol programs in determining the most effective and efficient allocation of their limited resources in treating mandated students. The long-term objectives of this research are to inform preventive intervention research about the utility and cost-effectiveness of stepped-care approaches and to identify individual and situational factors that qualify these effects.

Conditions

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Alcohol Use

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Step 1

Minimal Intervention

Group Type OTHER

Step 1: Minimal Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

All participants will receive Step 1, a 15-minute minimal intervention including a discussion of the referral incident and the provision of a booklet containing advice to reduce drinking. Participants will be assessed six weeks later. All students will complete 3, 6, and 9 month follow-up assessments

Step 2: Brief Motivational Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants continuing to exhibit risky alcohol use will receive Step 2, randomization to: (a) a 60-90 minute brief motivational intervention (BMI) or (b) an assessment-only control. All students will complete 3, 6, and 9 month follow-up assessments.

Step 2-A

Brief motivational intervention (BMI)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Step 2: Brief Motivational Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants continuing to exhibit risky alcohol use will receive Step 2, randomization to: (a) a 60-90 minute brief motivational intervention (BMI) or (b) an assessment-only control. All students will complete 3, 6, and 9 month follow-up assessments.

Step 2-B

Assessment-only control

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Alcohol Assessment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants continuing to exhibit risky alcohol use will receive Step 2, randomization to: (a) a 60-90 minute brief motivational intervention (BMI) or (b) an assessment-only control. All students will complete 3, 6, and 9 month follow-up assessments.

Interventions

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Step 1: Minimal Intervention

All participants will receive Step 1, a 15-minute minimal intervention including a discussion of the referral incident and the provision of a booklet containing advice to reduce drinking. Participants will be assessed six weeks later. All students will complete 3, 6, and 9 month follow-up assessments

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Step 2: Brief Motivational Intervention

Participants continuing to exhibit risky alcohol use will receive Step 2, randomization to: (a) a 60-90 minute brief motivational intervention (BMI) or (b) an assessment-only control. All students will complete 3, 6, and 9 month follow-up assessments.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Alcohol Assessment

Participants continuing to exhibit risky alcohol use will receive Step 2, randomization to: (a) a 60-90 minute brief motivational intervention (BMI) or (b) an assessment-only control. All students will complete 3, 6, and 9 month follow-up assessments.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male and female students 18 years of age or older.
* Participants will have signed a witnessed informed consent.
* Participants will have been referred for an alcohol-related offense

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants who meet current DSM-IV criteria for substance use disorder
* Participants who are currently in treatment for substance use.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Brian Borsari

PI

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Brian E. Borsari, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Brown University

Locations

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Roger Williams University

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Borsari B, O'Leary Tevyaw T, Barnett NP, Kahler CW, Monti PM. Stepped care for mandated college students: a pilot study. Am J Addict. 2007 Mar-Apr;16(2):131-7. doi: 10.1080/10550490601184498.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17453615 (View on PubMed)

Borsari B, Murphy JG, Barnett NP. Predictors of alcohol use during the first year of college: implications for prevention. Addict Behav. 2007 Oct;32(10):2062-86. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.01.017. Epub 2007 Jan 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17321059 (View on PubMed)

Borsari B, Muellerleile P. Collateral reports in the college setting: a meta-analytic integration. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009 May;33(5):826-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00902.x. Epub 2009 Mar 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19298324 (View on PubMed)

Hustad JT, Eaton Short E, Borsari B, Barnett NP, O'Leary Tevyaw T, Kahler CW. College alcohol citations result in modest reductions in student drinking. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2011 Apr;40(3):281-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.11.005. Epub 2010 Dec 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21193284 (View on PubMed)

Barthelmes CK, Borsari B, Hustad JT, Barnett NP. Hostility in mandated students: exploratory analysis and implications for treatment. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2010 Apr;38(3):284-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.01.004. Epub 2010 Feb 8.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20116962 (View on PubMed)

Barnett NP, Borsari B, Hustad JT, Tevyaw TO, Colby SM, Kahler CW, Monti PM. Profiles of college students mandated to alcohol intervention. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2008 Sep;69(5):684-94. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2008.69.684.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 18781243 (View on PubMed)

Kahler CW, Hustad J, Barnett NP, Strong DR, Borsari B. Validation of the 30-day version of the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire for use in longitudinal studies. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2008 Jul;69(4):611-5. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2008.69.611.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 18612578 (View on PubMed)

Borsari B, Boyle KE, Hustad JT, Barnett NP, O'Leary Tevyaw T, Kahler CW. Drinking before drinking: pregaming and drinking games in mandated students. Addict Behav. 2007 Nov;32(11):2694-705. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.05.003. Epub 2007 May 17.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17574344 (View on PubMed)

Borsari B, Hustad JT, Mastroleo NR, Tevyaw TO, Barnett NP, Kahler CW, Short EE, Monti PM. Addressing alcohol use and problems in mandated college students: a randomized clinical trial using stepped care. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2012 Dec;80(6):1062-74. doi: 10.1037/a0029902. Epub 2012 Aug 27.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22924334 (View on PubMed)

Borsari B, Short EE, Mastroleo NR, Hustad JT, Tevyaw TO, Barnett NP, Kahler CW, Monti PM. Phone-delivered brief motivational interventions for mandated college students delivered during the summer months. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2014 May-Jun;46(5):592-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2014.01.001. Epub 2014 Jan 13.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 24512944 (View on PubMed)

Teeters JB, Borsari B, Martens MP, Murphy JG. Brief Motivational Interventions Are Associated With Reductions in Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among College Drinkers. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2015 Sep;76(5):700-9. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2015.76.700.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26402350 (View on PubMed)

Yurasek AM, Borsari B, Magill M, Mastroleo NR, Hustad JT, Tevyaw TO, Barnett NP, Kahler CW, Monti PM. Descriptive norms and expectancies as mediators of a brief motivational intervention for mandated college students receiving stepped care for alcohol use. Psychol Addict Behav. 2015 Dec;29(4):1003-11. doi: 10.1037/adb0000092. Epub 2015 Jun 22.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26098125 (View on PubMed)

Borsari B, Magill M, Mastroleo NR, Hustad JT, Tevyaw TO, Barnett NP, Kahler CW, Eaton E, Monti PM. Mandated college students' response to sequentially administered alcohol interventions in a randomized clinical trial using stepped care. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2016 Feb;84(2):103-12. doi: 10.1037/a0039800. Epub 2015 Oct 12.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26460571 (View on PubMed)

Fernandez AC, Yurasek AM, Merrill JE, Miller MB, Zamboanga BL, Carey KB, Borsari B. Do brief motivational interventions reduce drinking game frequency in mandated students? An analysis of data from two randomized controlled trials. Psychol Addict Behav. 2017 Feb;31(1):36-45. doi: 10.1037/adb0000239. Epub 2016 Dec 12.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27936818 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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NIH Grant R01 AA015518-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NIAAABOR015518

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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