Evaluation of AlcoholEdu for College

June 24, 2011 updated by: Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Evaluation of AlcoholEdu: A Randomized Multi-Campus Trial

The study examined whether an online course for college freshmen (AlcoholEdu) had an effect on alcohol misuse and related problems, using a randomized controlled design with 30 universities.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

9571

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Berkeley, California, United States, 94704
        • Prevention Research Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Colleges without an online alcohol prevention course
  • Able to implement AlcoholEdu course for all incoming freshmen
  • Able to provide random student samples for data collection
  • Able to obtain IRB approval for study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Already implementing alcohol prevention course for incoming freshmen
  • Not able to implement online alcohol prevention course
  • Not able to provide random student samples for data collection
  • Not able to obtain IRB approval for study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Alcohol education and prevention
AlcoholEdu is an online course designed to prevent alcohol misuse and related problems among college freshmen.
Behavioral: AlcoholEdu for College
Online course for college freshmen.
No Intervention: Control
Control group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Binge drinking
Time Frame: 30 days
Frequency of binge drinking in the past 30 days
30 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Alcohol-related problems
Time Frame: 30 days
Alcohol-related problems in the past 30 days
30 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mallie J. Paschall, Ph.D., Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 24, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 24, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

June 27, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 27, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 24, 2011

Last Verified

June 1, 2011

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • R01AA016584 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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