P54. A video-based versus a text-based computer-tailored game intervention for the prevention of alcohol consumption and binge drinking among adolescents in the current digital context

P54. A video-based versus a text-based computer-tailored game intervention for the prevention of alcohol consumption and binge drinking among adolescents in the current digital context

Learner category:

• Novice Level

Learning objectives:

• Participants will be able to apply the I-Change modelas theoretical framework for the prevention of alcohol consumption and binge drinking in adolescents
• Participants will understand how computertailoring technology can be used to prevent alcohol consumption and binge drinking in adolescents

Abstract

Alcohol is the most consumed psychoactive substance, particularly in adolescence, being a habitual pattern of consumption the binge drinking (BD), located mainly on the weekend, becoming one of the main public health problems. During the last months, Spain and the whole world has been immersed in the pandemic by COVID-19 which has meant the closure of all Spanish educational centers and the current online teaching scenario. The aim of this project is to present the protocol for development, implementation and evaluation of a video-based versus a text-based computer-tailored game intervention aimed to prevent alcohol consumption and BD in Spanish adolescents. A three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial is designed, with one waiting-list control condition and two experimental conditions (EC-1, EC-2), with an initial (pre-test) evaluation and two (post-test) evaluations, performed at six and sixteen months. EC-1 receives an online intervention, ALERTA ALCOHOL, with personalized health advice, using textual feedback based on the I-Change Model and several gamification techniques. EC-2 is an improved version of ALERTA ALCOHOL using animated videos and more gamification strategies. A sample of 2625 Andalusian students of 15-19 years belonging to the public or private school system is estimated. The intervention and the follow-up measurements are carried out through online classroom methods. The main outcomes are BD and other patterns of alcohol consumption. Confidentiality is ensured in accordance with European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Informed consent is requested. If the program proves to be effective, the ultimate goal would be regional and eventual national implementation.

Authors

Pablo Fernández-León

PhD student, University of Seville

Graduated in Nursing from the University of Seville. Official Master’s Degree in New Care Trends in Health Sciences from the University of Seville. PhD student at University of Seville and Maastricht University. I am currently coordinator of the project “ALERTA ALCOHOL: cost-effectiveness of a web-based computer-tailored intervention based on gamification vs. based on texts for the prevention of binge drinking in adolescents” 2018I016. Member of PAIDI CTS 969 research group: “Innovation in Care and Social Determinants in Health”. Previously, I worked as a nurse in different health services and as a research staff of several projects.

María Isabel Acuña-San Román

PhD student, University of Seville

Graduated in Nursing from the University of Seville. Health Master’s Degree and Educational Master’s Degree. PhD student at University of Seville and Maastricht University. Member of PAIDI CTS 969 research group: “Innovation in Care and Social Determinants in Health”. She is currently teacher in health vocational training. Previously, she worked as a nurse in different healthcare centers and as a research staff of the project “Assets for Positive Health in Adolescence: Family Intervention Based on New Technologies-Web for the Prevention of Excessive Episodic Alcohol Consumption” PI-0012-2017.

María del Carmen Torrejón-Guirado

PhD student, University of Seville

Graduated in Nursing (2017) and obtaining the title of Official Master’s Degree in New Care Trends in Health Sciences in 2018 with 9.48 (Extraordinary prize end of studies). She worked as a research staff at University of Seville and as a nurse in several health care units of the Andalusian Health Service. Collaboration in Nursing Department. She is currently enrolled in the Interuniversity Doctorate Program in Health Sciences from the University of Seville, whose thesis director is Dr. Marta Lima Serrano. Predoctoral contract (PIF) for the development of the University of Seville I+D+i program.

Hein de Vries

Professor, Maastricht University

Professor in Health Communication at the Department of Health Promotion at Maastricht University. His research interests include planning health promotion interventions, understanding health behaviour and policies at the micro and macro level, developing health promoting interventions for schools, worksites, health care professionals and the general public (for instance via computer tailored eHealth techniques). With regard to the understanding of health behaviours and policies he integrates and tests various relevant theories using the I-Change Model that also serves as a basis for developing health promotion interventions, as well as for promoting the implementation of effective programmes.

Marta Lima-Serrano

Professor, University of Seville

Professor at the Department of Nursing at University of Seville. Head of the PAIDI CTS 969 research group: “Innovation in Care and Social Determinants in Health”. Her research interests include implementation and evaluation of health promotion and prevention interventions with families and communities, e-health, adolescence and risk behavior, family-centered attention, health assets, teaching improvement and innovation. She leads and participates in various research projects, highlighting two of them that test the evaluation and cost-effectiveness of programs based on information and communication technologies for the prevention of alcohol consumption and binge drinking in Andalusian adolescents.