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Real-time mechanism-based interventions for daily alcohol challenges: protocol for ecological momentary assessment and intervention : research protocol

Background - Advancing evidence-based, tailored interventions for substance use disorders (SUDs) requires understanding temporal directionality while upholding ecological validity. Previous studies identified loneliness and craving as pivotal factors associated with alcohol consumption, yet the prec...

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Main Authors: Liu, Shuyan (Author) , Haucke, Matthias (Author) , Groß, Rika Maria (Author) , Schneider, Kay (Author) , Shin, Jaekyung (Author) , Arntz, Fabian (Author) , Bach, Patrick (Author) , Banaschewski, Tobias (Author) , Beste, Christian (Author) , Deserno, Lorenz (Author) , Ebner-Priemer, Ulrich (Author) , Endrass, Tanja (Author) , Ganz, Marvin (Author) , Ghadami, Ali (Author) , Giurgiu, Marco (Author) , Heinz, Andreas (Author) , Kiefer, Falk (Author) , Kliegl, Reinhold (Author) , Lenz, Bernd (Author) , Marciniak, Marta Anna (Author) , Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas (Author) , Neubauer, Andreas B. (Author) , Rapp, Michael (Author) , Smolka, Michael (Author) , Strehle, Jens (Author) , Spanagel, Rainer (Author) , Spitta, Gianna (Author) , Tost, Heike (Author) , Walter, Henrik (Author) , Zech, Hilmar (Author) , Reichert, Dominic (Author) , Reichert, Markus (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: April 2025
In: Digital health
Year: 2025, Volume: 11, Pages: 1-13
ISSN:2055-2076
DOI:10.1177/20552076241311731
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241311731
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Author Notes:Shuyan Liu, Matthias Haucke, Rika Groß, Kay Schneider, Jaekyung Shin, Fabian Arntz, Patrick Bach, Tobias Banaschewski, Christian Beste, Lorenz Deserno, Ulrich Ebner-Priemer, Tanja Endrass, Marvin Ganz, Ali Ghadami, Marco Giurgiu, Andreas Heinz, Falk Kiefer, Reinhold Kliegl, Bernd Lenz, Marta Anna Marciniak, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas B. Neubauer, Michael Rapp, Michael N. Smolka, Jens Strehle, Rainer Spanagel, Gianna Spitta, Heike Tost, Henrik Walter, Hilmar Zech, Dominic Reichert and Markus Reichert
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Summary:Background - Advancing evidence-based, tailored interventions for substance use disorders (SUDs) requires understanding temporal directionality while upholding ecological validity. Previous studies identified loneliness and craving as pivotal factors associated with alcohol consumption, yet the precise directionality of these relationships remains ambiguous. - Objective - This study aims to establish a smartphone-based real-life intervention platform that integrates momentary assessment and intervention into everyday life. The platform will explore the temporal directionality of contextual influences on alcohol use among individuals experiencing loneliness and craving. - Methods - We will target 180 individuals aged 18 to 70 in Germany who report loneliness, alcohol cravings, and meet risk or binge drinking criteria (over 14 standard drinks per week or five drinks in a single day for males, and over seven drinks per week or four drinks in a single day for females). Using a Within-Person-Encouragement-Design and Just-In-Time-Adaptive-Interventions, we will manipulate the contexts of loneliness and alcohol craving with cognitive reappraisal and physical activity interventions against a control condition (working memory task). - Results - Recruitment started in June 2024, with data collection and processing expected by June 2027. - Conclusion - Our real-life intervention platform endeavors to serve as a robust tool for discerning the directionality of the effects from time series data in everyday life influences on alcohol use for the future study. Ultimately, it will pave the way for low-threshold prevention, clinical treatment, and therapy to target diverse contexts of everyday life in SUD. - Trial registration - German Clinical Trials Register DRKS00033133.
Item Description:Erstmals veröffentlicht: 22. January 22 2025
Gesehen am 20.05.2025
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:2055-2076
DOI:10.1177/20552076241311731

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