Testing a Multi-Component Breath Alcohol Intervention for Young Adults Aged 18 to 25 to Support Safer Drinking

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are conducting the third stage of an NIH-funded study focused on young adults aged 18 to 25 who drink heavily. This study aims to develop and test a multi-modal intervention that uses personalized feedback about blood or breath alcohol concentration to encourage moderate drinking. The main goals are to assess how feasible the procedures are, how valuable participants find the technologies, and how easy the technologies are to use from the participants perspective. The intervention includes brief motivational interviewing and psychoeducation sessions about blood and breath alcohol levels, followed by the use of three mobile technologies a breath alcohol device and app, a blood alcohol content estimator app, and a self-texting procedure. Participants are randomly assigned to one of three groups one with lower tech facilitation involving close guidance and phone reminders, one with higher tech facilitation featuring the SmartSip app that provides protective strategies and reminders, or an active comparator group receiving non-personalized alcohol education with optional educational text messages. Participants will use the mobile technologies during drinking occasions over a four-week period. Researchers will monitor technology use, acceptability, and usability during this time. They will also track drinking patterns, estimated blood alcohol levels, and negative consequences related to drinking. The study includes regular evaluations to gather feedback on the intervention and its components to understand its impact and participant experience.

Multi-Component Breath Alcohol Intervention Phase 3