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Increasing Effectiveness of an Alcohol Use Reduction Exercise Using Self-Talk Videos

NCT ID: NCT06593483

Last Updated: 2025-11-10

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-04-15

Study Completion Date

2024-11-26

Brief Summary

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The goal of the current study is to develop and test an innovative, low-burden method of post-intervention contact that is based on principles of motivational interviewing and the elicitation of change talk. Participants will be randomly assigned to an assessment only control group, a standard BMI group or a BMI + video group. Participants in the BMI and BMI + video groups will complete a semi-structured, motivational intervention. Following the intervention, participants in the BMI + video group will be asked to create a personalized video in which they speak to their future self and describe their reasons for wanting to reduce their alcohol use and their commitment to change. Doctoral level psychology graduate students will assist participants in idea generation and creation of the post-intervention video. Video group participants will then be sent their personalized videos 21 days after the baseline session, a time when motivation to reduce drinking often begins to wane. It is hypothesized that participants in the BMI + video group will rate the video exercise as helpful, encouraging, and easy to complete. It is further hypothesized that, over the 6-week intervention period, (1) participants in the BMI + video group will reduce their alcohol use more than those in the standard BMI and control groups and (2) participants in the standard BMI group will reduce their alcohol use more than those in the control group.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Heavy Drinking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Assessment Only

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Motivational Interview Only

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Motivational Interviewing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will engage in an interview based in motivational interviewing

Motivational Interview Plus Video

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Motivational Interview with Self-Talk Video

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will engage in an interview based in motivational interviewing techniques and then record a self talk video discussing their goals and reasons for reducing their drinking.

Interventions

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Motivational Interview with Self-Talk Video

Participants will engage in an interview based in motivational interviewing techniques and then record a self talk video discussing their goals and reasons for reducing their drinking.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Motivational Interviewing

Participants will engage in an interview based in motivational interviewing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Meets National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism criteria for heavy drinking
* 18 year or older
* Accessibility to internet and laptop with camera and microphone
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Wayne State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Emily Grekin

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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23-10-6241

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id