Wellness, Alcohol, Vitals, and Emotions Study
This study is looking at how mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) can help people with alcohol use disorder. MBRP is a group treatment that teaches skills to become more aware of triggers and automatic reactions. Researchers want to see how MBRP affects your self-regulation (how you manage your thoughts, feelings, and actions) and drinking habits. They will use wearable heart rate sensors and ask you questions three times a day during the treatment period. The study aims to enroll 120 adults aged 18 or older who have a moderate to severe alcohol use disorder. Success will be measured by changes in your recovery from alcohol use disorder, self-regulation, and daily addiction patterns over six months.
- Study design
- This study will involve 120 participants and uses a single-group design to test the effects of mindfulness-based relapse prevention.
- What's involved
- You will attend 8 weekly group meetings and wear a sensor for the 8-week intervention period. You will also answer questions about your mood and drinking behaviors three times a day during treatment, and at 3 and 6 months after treatment.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 6 months after the treatment period to assess recovery from alcohol use disorder.
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Wellness, Alcohol, Vitals, and Emotions
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Matison W McCool, Phd · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions - The University of New Mexico
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What this trial measures
- Recovery from AUDChange from baseline to 6-month follow-up
Recovery is a binary (yes/no) outcome defined by achieving all three of the following: (1) Remission from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 5th edition alcohol use disorder (AUD) based on an 11-item AUD symptom checklist (endorsing 0 or 1 item is AUD remission); (2) Cessation of heavy drinking (defined as not engaging in heavy drinking with heavy drinking defined as 4 or more drinks per occasion for females, and 5 or more drinks per occasion for males, measured by the Timeline Follow-Back); and (3) Improvements in functioning and well-being as measured by higher score on the PROMIS PROPr measure. Recovery is achieved if remission, cessation of heavy drinking, and improvements in functioning and well-being are achieved. These assessments will be delivered at Baseline, 3-month, and 6-month follow-ups.
- Psychophysiological self-regulationChange from baseline to immediate follow-up
Psychophysiological self-regulation will be measured through three heart rate variability (HRV) domains: HRV at rest (higher RMSSD/HF-HRV indicate higher self-regulation), reactivity HRV (no change, or increases in HRV indicate less reactivity), and recovery HRV (quicker return to resting HRV indicates greater recovery from stress). The three HRV domains will be assessed at baseline, mid-treatment, and immediately following treatment. Tonic HRV is assessed each week before and after the mindfulness group.
- Addiction Cycle Domains in Daily LifeMeasured 3x daily
The negative emotionality domain of the addiction cycle is characterized by temptation to drink in situations when the person is experiencing negative emotions. The Negative Emotionality Scale consists of 2 items scored on a scale from 1=not at all tempted to 5=extremely tempted to drink when experiencing negative emotions. The incentive salience domain of the addiction cycle is characterized by temptation to drink in situations when the person is experiencing rewarding or social pressure to drink. The Incentive Salience Scale consists of 2 items scored on a scale from 1=not at all tempted to 5=extremely tempted to drink when experiencing rewarding, craving, or social situations. The executive function domain of the addiction cycle is characterized by loss of control over drinking. The Executive Scale consists 2 items scored on a scale from 1=indicating more control over drinking to 5=indicating loss. These ecological momentary assessment adapted scales will be delivered 3x per day.