Lara N Moody 1 Lindsey M Poe 1 amp Warren K Bickel 1 1 Addiction Recovery Research Center Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Introduction Methods Results Acknowledgements ID: 550151
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Implementation Intentions and Remote Alcohol Monitoring: A behavioral intervention to reduce alcohol drinking
Lara N. Moody
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Lindsey M. Poe1 & Warren K. Bickel1
1Addiction Recovery Research Center, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Introduction
Methods
Results
Acknowledgements This research was funded by NIAAA (R01AA021529 and F31AA024368) and by the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.
Figure 1: Schematic of study design.
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The active implementation intention intervention resulted in a reduction in alcohol consumption compared to the control condition.
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Self-report ecological momentary assessments were moderately to highly correlated with biologic (breath alcohol) ecological momentary assessments of drinking.
Baseline: Baseline assessments were collected followed by one week of daily ecological momentary assessments of baseline drinking in active (n = 13) and control (n = 11) participants. Intervention: Following the 7-day baseline, active intervention participants linked critical situations and responses and then chose three to write out verbatim in an if-then structure. In the control intervention, participants chose critical situations or responses that applied to them and the best three to write out verbatim. All participants were asked to reduce alcohol consumption over the course of two weeks. Daily ecological momentary interventions of individualized active or control implementation intentions were delivered via text message. Ecological Momentary Assessments: Alcohol consumption was assessed once daily with ecological momentary assessments of drinks consumed the previous day and was also assessed with thrice daily biologic samples of breath alcohol content collected with SOBERLINK cellular breathalyzer devices. Daily monetary incentives were deposited remotely onto debit cards contingent on participant compliance with assessment schedules.
The paradigm used could be applied to test other remotely-delivered interventions in the future.
Substance use, such as alcohol consumption, is a highly engrained and automatized behavior with negative long-term health consequences. Alcohol use disorders need effective interventions to promote change towards more healthful behaviors. Implementation intentions, a behavioral intervention that links critical situations with prescribed reactions, and monetary contingencies for compliance were assessed in alcohol dependent individuals.
Comparisons between groups on demographic and clinical characteristics
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Controlp valueDemographicsAge39.69380.75Years of Education13.4613.360.93Monthly Income1407.231515.090.88ClinicalBaseline Drinks5.326.270.4530 Day TLFB4.95.50.62Bring Drinking Episodes8.926.10.3BDI Total7.7714.180.06BAI Total6.857.540.79Readiness to Change3.585.540.02AUDIT18.3820.360.55
Figure 3: (A) Percent decline in drinking from baseline period ecological momentary assessments to intervention period ecological momentary assessments + SEM. (B) Average breath alcohol level from all samples in the active and control condition + SEM. (C) Average number of drinks reported/day for baseline and interventions period by group + SEM.
Conclusions & Future Directions
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Figure 2: Scatterplot of self-reported previous day drinking and breath alcohol samples for active (blue) and control (blue) participants.
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