Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery Study

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-04-30

Study Completion Date

2025-04-30

Brief Summary

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This study identifies whether and how online support groups may work to confer therapeutic benefits onto its participants.

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Detailed Description

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Online support groups (e.g., SMART Recovery) are an increasingly common non-professional intervention for people who engage in problematic alcohol use, but it is unclear how they help participants reduce their use.

The primary objective of this study is to determine whether alcohol use decreases more after attending online SMART Recovery psychoeducational support group meetings, as compared to receiving psychoeducational content alone.

The secondary objectives are to identify whether variables such as quality of life and recovery capital (i.e., resources to support recovery from addiction) relate to treatment outcomes.

Conditions

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Alcohol Use Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Psychoeducation Condition

Participants receive a weekly email with a Qualtrics survey link containing psychoeducational content.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Psychoeducational Email

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants receive a weekly email with a Qualtrics survey link containing psychoeducational content.

Support Group Condition

Participants will attend six weekly online SMART Recovery meetings in groups of five to eight.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Support Group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Support Group condition, meetings will be held online via HIPAA-compliant Zoom and run by a trained SMART Recovery meeting facilitator

Interventions

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Support Group

Support Group condition, meetings will be held online via HIPAA-compliant Zoom and run by a trained SMART Recovery meeting facilitator

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducational Email

Participants receive a weekly email with a Qualtrics survey link containing psychoeducational content.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Is fluent in English and have a 6th grade reading level or higher
* AUDIT score of ≥8
* Has some desire to cut down or quit their alcohol use
* Has access to a phone or computer with reliable internet connection, a functional microphone and camera
* Is willing to consent to being audio and video recorded during the meetings

Exclusion Criteria

* Is not able to commit to the 6 weeks of intervention and the one- and three-month follow-up.
* Has vulnerable population status (e.g., pregnant people, prisoners)

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No