A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of LDART, a Social Support Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorder

Summary

This study is a pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a digital intervention called Let's Do Addiction Recovery Together! (LDART) in adults with alcohol use disorder, relative to a control group.

Eligibility

Age range

18+ years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Device
  LDART

  Let's Do Addiction Recovery Together! (LDART) is a web-based intervention grounded in social cognitive theory that is designed to reduce hazardous alcohol use. It has three active ingredients: 1) daily recovery goal setting and tracking, 2) motivational video, audio, and written messages from individuals in recovery, and 3) information on several community-based recovery groups (e.g., mutual-help groups, recovery community centers) that provide free, publicly available meetings and activities. Participants receive a text message reminder each night to go to the website to complete the activities, and a text message reminder each morning of the goal they set for themselves, with the option to change it. It only takes a few minutes to use LDART each day over the 4-week intervention period.

• Behavioral
  Psychoeducational control

  This is a 20-page psychoeducational booklet created by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse \& Alcoholism (NIAAA) called "Rethinking Drinking". It contains several suggestions, strategies and resources for helping people who want to reduce their alcohol use. Participants will be encouraged to access the booklet for a few minutes each night over the 4-week intervention period.

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