Development and evaluation of effectiveness of an internet-based brief intervention for alcohol use among Brazilian college students

• Grant number: 13/20341-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2014
• End date: September 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Ana Regina Noto
• Grantee: André Bedendo de Souza
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Alcohol consumption among college students is associated with several health and academics problems. Internet Personalized Normative Feedback (PNF) has shown positive results to reduce alcohol use in this population. However, there are few studies in the Brazilian population, as well as the most effective components of the PNF. This project aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an PNF intervention via the internet, through a randomized clinical trial for alcohol consumption among Brazilian college students, as well as evaluating the most effective components of the PNF (normative and list of consequences) . The development of the website for the intervention will be in partnership with the Centro de Integração Empresa-Escola (CIEE). The sample is composed of college students aged between 18 and 30 years. Participants allocated into four different groups: control, full intervention (PNF), feedback with normative components (FN) and feedback with list of consequences (FLC). We will use the dismantling design to study the most effective components. The instruments are self-administered and involve questions about alcohol use (AUDIT) and negative consequences (RAPI). Participants will be accessed in four different times (baseline, after one, three and six months). Statistical analyzes will consider a significance level of 5% and will be used chi-square tests, ANOVA and logistic regressions.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BEDENDO, ANDRE; MCCAMBRIDGE, JIM; GAUME, JACQUES; SOUZA, ALTAY A. L.; FORMIGONI, MARIA LUCIA O. S.; NOTO, ANA R.. Components evaluation of a web-based personalized normative feedback intervention for alcohol use among college students: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial with a dismantling design. ADDICTION, v. 115, n. 6, JAN 2020. (18/12729-9, 13/20341-7, 15/19472-5, 17/13831-9)

BEDENDO, ANDRE; FERRI, CLEUSA PINHEIRO; LINO DE SOUZA, ALTAY ALVES; MONEZI ANDRADE, ANDRE LUIZ; NOTO, ANA REGINA. Pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a web-based intervention for alcohol use among Brazilian college students: Motivation as a moderating effect. DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE, v. 199, p. 92-100, JUN 1 2019. (15/19472-5, 13/20341-7)

MARCELLA FERREIRA GONÇALVES; ANDRÉ BEDENDO; ANDRÉ LUIZ MONEZI ANDRADE; ANA REGINA NOTO. Fatores associados à adesão a uma intervenção via web sobre o uso de álcool entre universitários. Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas), v. 38, 2020-08-28. (15/19472-5, 18/12729-9, 13/20341-7, 17/13831-9)