Peer-Led Intervention To Reduce Alcohol Binge Drinking Among University Students In Romania
NCT ID: NCT07193030
Last Updated: 2025-10-01
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
120 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2026-03-01
2026-10-30
Brief Summary
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Is a peer-led Alcohol Brief Intervention feasible to be implemented in a Romanian University to reduce binge drinking among students?
Researchers will compare brief intervention (counselling) to no intervention.
Student participants will:
1. Receive brief counselling for 15-20 minutes by their peers who were trained.
2. Report their alcohol consumption levels in three surveys conducted over three months.
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Detailed Description
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Pre-intervention co-design workshop: Students will be involved in a 3-hour workshop to co-design messages to be used during the brief advice intervention.
University staff will be invited to participate in in-depth interviews lasting up to 60 minutes.
Intervention:
Student participants- They will be administered a pre-intervention survey lasting approximately 60-minutes by research assistants, a 15-20 minutes brief advice/counselling session by their peers, a midline survey of 5 minutes, and an endline survey of approximately 60 minutes administered by research assistants. these students will be invited to take part in a focus group at the end of the intervention lasting 90 minutes.
Peers- Peers are students who volunteered to deliver the brief counselling to other students. They will first undergo training by motivational interviewing experts for approximately 6-8 hours spread across 2 days. We intend to recruit 4 peers and each one will deliver the brief advice to 15 students, each session lasting 15-20 minutes. The peers will then be invited to participate in a focus group discussion lasting up to 90 minutes at the end of the intervention.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Peer led- alcohol brief intervention
The intervention arm will receive the brief advice from their peers about binge drinking. The intervention will last 15-20 minutes.
Peer-led Alcohol Brief Intervention (identification + advice)
The intervention consists of a peer-led ABI for university students. This intervention aligns with the ABI approach recommended by the WHO as a cost-effective strategy to reduce harmful alcohol use, particularly in primary care and community settings. The brief advice component of the intervention will incorporate Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques, a client-centred, evidence-based counselling style intervention effective for reducing risky drinking behaviours. The brief advice will be tailored based on behavioural insights identified through formative research, such as individual perceived facilitators and barriers.
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test- Consumption (AUDIT-C) will be used as the screening tool for identification.
A one-on-one Brief Advice sessions of 15-20 minutes will be delivered by trained peer educators, i.e., university students who are not healthcare professionals but have been specifically trained in delivering brief advice.
No intervention
The control arm will receive no intervention. They will only complete the surveys at three time points.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Peer-led Alcohol Brief Intervention (identification + advice)
The intervention consists of a peer-led ABI for university students. This intervention aligns with the ABI approach recommended by the WHO as a cost-effective strategy to reduce harmful alcohol use, particularly in primary care and community settings. The brief advice component of the intervention will incorporate Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques, a client-centred, evidence-based counselling style intervention effective for reducing risky drinking behaviours. The brief advice will be tailored based on behavioural insights identified through formative research, such as individual perceived facilitators and barriers.
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test- Consumption (AUDIT-C) will be used as the screening tool for identification.
A one-on-one Brief Advice sessions of 15-20 minutes will be delivered by trained peer educators, i.e., university students who are not healthcare professionals but have been specifically trained in delivering brief advice.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Able to provide informed consent
* Willing to participate in an in-person session
* Alcohol status: AUDIT-C scoring 3 or above in females, 4 or above in males
Exclusion Criteria
* Students with a diagnosed severe mental health condition that may impair participation
* Participation in any similar alcohol reduction program in the past 6 months.
* Abstinent from alcohol consumption.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Horizon 2020 - European Commission
OTHER
International Agency for Research on Cancer
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Rubana Islam
Scientist
Principal Investigators
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Rubana Islam, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
IARC
Carolina Espina, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
IARC
Central Contacts
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References
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DeBerardinis RJ, Kazazian HH Jr. Analysis of the promoter from an expanding mouse retrotransposon subfamily. Genomics. 1999 Mar 15;56(3):317-23. doi: 10.1006/geno.1998.5729.
Glanz K, Bishop DB. The role of behavioral science theory in development and implementation of public health interventions. Annu Rev Public Health. 2010;31:399-418. doi: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.012809.103604.
Mirowski M, Atlas P. [Importance of the precordial derivations for the diagnosis of auricular rhythms]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1970 Feb;63(2):190-8. No abstract available. French.
Other Identifiers
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PP202207-30
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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