Miller Mia, Wright Cassandra, Kuntsche Emmanuel, Kuntsche Sandra
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.
Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Feb 2;12:e34842. doi: 10.2196/34842.
In the last decade, alcohol consumption among middle-aged women (40-65 years old) in Australia increased, despite declines in overall population consumption. Web-based, brief interventions are promising for reducing alcohol consumption, with efficacy shown in a wide range of populations. However, no published interventions have been designed specifically for and tested with middle-aged women.
This study aims to design and implement a web-based intervention intended to reduce alcohol consumption among middle-aged women.
The study is a 3-arm randomized controlled trial with a web-based intervention plus ecological momentary assessment (EMA) group compared to an EMA-only and a pre-post only control group. The study is aimed at middle-aged women, defined as women aged between 40 and 65 years, who consume alcohol at least weekly or who have consumed 4 or more drinks on 1 occasion in the last month. The intervention aims to reduce alcohol consumption through 4 modules that provide information on the health impacts of alcohol, mindfulness, social influences, and alcohol marketing. Intervention participants will also fill out biweekly EMA assessments. The comparators are EMA-only and pre-post control only. The primary outcome is alcohol consumption at 8 weeks compared between groups. Secondary outcomes are awareness of alcohol-related harms, readiness to change alcohol consumption, health status, mental health, and social support.
Ethics approval for this project was received on September 11, 2019. The trial was registered on August 14, 2020. Recruitment has commenced, and the expected results will be available in 2022.
This web-based intervention aims to reduce alcohol consumption among middle-aged women, a currently understudied cohort in alcohol research.
Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) ACTRN12620000814976; https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?ACTRN=12620000814976.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/34842.
在过去十年中，尽管澳大利亚总体人口的酒精消费量有所下降，但40至65岁中年女性的酒精消费量却有所增加。基于网络的简短干预措施有望减少酒精消费，并且在广泛人群中已显示出有效性。然而，尚未有专门为中年女性设计并针对她们进行测试的已发表干预措施。
本研究旨在设计并实施一项基于网络的干预措施，以减少中年女性的酒精消费。
该研究是一项三臂随机对照试验，将基于网络的干预措施加生态瞬时评估（EMA）组与仅进行EMA组以及仅进行前后对照的对照组进行比较。该研究针对的是中年女性，即年龄在40至65岁之间、每周至少饮酒一次或在上个月有过一次饮用4杯或更多酒经历的女性。该干预措施旨在通过四个模块减少酒精消费，这四个模块提供有关酒精对健康的影响、正念、社会影响和酒精营销的信息。干预参与者还将每两周填写一次EMA评估。比较组为仅进行EMA组和仅进行前后对照的组。主要结局是比较各组在8周时的酒精消费量。次要结局包括对与酒精相关危害的认识、改变酒精消费的意愿、健康状况、心理健康和社会支持。
该项目于2019年9月11日获得伦理批准。该试验于2020年8月14日注册。招募工作已经开始，预计结果将于2022年公布。
这项基于网络的干预措施旨在减少中年女性的酒精消费，这是目前酒精研究中一个研究不足的群体。
澳大利亚新西兰临床试验注册中心（ANZCTR）ACTRN12620000814976；https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?ACTRN=12620000814976。
国际注册报告识别码（IRRID）：DERR1-10.2196/34842。
