Brief Personalized Feedback Intervention for Hazardous Drinking in an HIV Clinic

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-20

Study Completion Date

2020-01-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of the proposed research is test the feasibility of a brief computer-based personalized feedback intervention to reduce heavy alcohol use among HIV+ individuals. There is a critical need to develop accessible, empirically-supported, low-threshold interventions for HIV+ hazardous alcohol users. The proposed research will develop and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a novel evidence- and computer-based Personalized Feedback Intervention (PFI) among HIV+ hazardous alcohol users in a high volume Houston HIV clinic.

H1: The PFI group will show increases in self-efficacy, intention to reduce or quit drinking, and decreases in actual drinking, relative to the control group.

H2: Reduced drinking will be associated with less risky sexual behavior, better antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication adherence, and improved HIV quality of life.

H3: Changes in normative perceptions, alcohol use attitudes, self-efficacy for alcohol abstinence, intentions to use, alcohol outcome expectancies, and protective behavioral strategies will mediate intervention effects on drinking behavior. Even if the investigators do not find significant effects on our main outcomes, these will also serve as useful proximal dependent variables that will provide important information regarding the feasibility of this intervention approach in this population.

H4: Intervention effects on drinking outcomes will be stronger for those who report drinking more for social and/or coping reasons.

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Detailed Description

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The objective of the proposed research is test the feasibility of a brief computer-based personalized feedback intervention to reduce heavy alcohol use among HIV+ individuals. Rates of hazardous alcohol use among HIV+ individuals are approximately two times that found in the general population. Hazardous alcohol use contributes to problems with HIV medication adherence, risky sexual behavior, and psychological problems, as well as physical complications (rapid disease progression, medication toxicities, organ failure, and poor viremic control), which may lead to increased risk of transmission and premature death. Yet, HIV+ hazardous alcohol users remain a hard-to-reach and underserved group. There is therefore a critical need to test alternative approaches to the implementation of effective interventions to reduce HIV disease transmission and progression in HIV+ hazardous alcohol users. One novel and promising intervention approach is the use of personalized feedback, which has consistently been found to be efficacious for reducing hazardous alcohol use across a number of populations. Personalized feedback highlights discrepancies between one's own drinking and typical drinking; reframes use in terms of personal, social, financial, health, and other consequences; and offers strategies for reducing use and alcohol-related negative consequences. The proposed research will develop and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a novel evidence- and computer-based Personalized Feedback Intervention (PFI) among HIV+ hazardous alcohol users in a high volume Houston HIV clinic. The investigators will recruit 150 HIV+ hazardous alcohol users randomly assigned to receive either PFI or attention-control feedback (e.g., diet, exercise). The investigators expect to demonstrate feasibility and acceptability of the PFI. Outcomes include drinking change processes and behavior, alcohol-related risky sexual behavior, and HIV-related outcomes. An underlying premise, which will be evaluated through the aims, is that the difficulty in reaching hazardous alcohol users who are HIV+ can be addressed with an approach that will not be burdensome to the individuals or to clinic staff. All assessments and procedures will take place in the clinic on tablets or laptop computers. Follow-up assessments will occur at 3 months post-baseline. This research builds on the collaborative work of an experienced team of investigators with complementary expertise supporting all aspects of the proposed research.

Conditions

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Alcohol Consumption

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Personalized Feedback Intervention (PFI)

Participants in the intervention group will receive a computerized personalized feedback intervention (PFI) lasting approximately 20-30 minutes.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Personalized Feedback Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the intervention group will receive a computerized personalized feedback intervention (PFI) lasting approximately 20-30 minutes. PFI highlights discrepancies between one's own drinking and typical drinking; reframes use in terms of personal, social, financial, and health consequences; and, offers strategies for reducing alcohol use. The feedback is non-confrontational in tone, seeks to increase motivation to reduce drinking and is based on the information provided during the baseline assessment

Attention-Control

Attention control information will be comparable in focus on health-related behaviors (e.g., nutrition, exercise). We will use behaviors in the attention control feedback that are not associated with study outcomes. Attention control feedback will have text and graphs that are similar in appearance and length (i.e., 20-30 minutes) to intervention feedback.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Personalized Feedback Intervention

Participants in the intervention group will receive a computerized personalized feedback intervention (PFI) lasting approximately 20-30 minutes. PFI highlights discrepancies between one's own drinking and typical drinking; reframes use in terms of personal, social, financial, and health consequences; and, offers strategies for reducing alcohol use. The feedback is non-confrontational in tone, seeks to increase motivation to reduce drinking and is based on the information provided during the baseline assessment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* HIV+ as confirmed by medical records
* AUDIT scores for the last 30 days to be ≤7 for women and ≤8 for men
* Between the ages of 18 and 50
* Not currently pregnant
* Reading level on Word Reading component of Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-4) at or above a 5th grade level and proficient in English (although English does not have to be the first language, they must be fluent enough to understand study materials and measures)
* Not currently in alcohol treatment
* Do not have a current psychiatric diagnosis that would preclude them from being in our study as determined by the MINI (MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW) neuropsychiatric interview

* Unwillingness to participate
* Failure to provide consent

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No