Feasibility and Effectiveness of Gamified Digital Intervention to Prevent Alcohol and Mental Health Risks

Conditions

• Alcohol Prevention
• Mental Health

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

FEMALE

Age

18 Years - 59 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Gamified Social App Supporting Womens' Health & Well-being — BEHAVIORAL
  The gamified social app supporting womens' health and well-being delivers weekly gamified personalized normative feedback on questions about alcohol use, stress coping behaviors, other health behaviors, and mental health experiences, in the context of a social guessing game about peers. The app also includes an interactive social community (browsable profiles, social feed allowing users to post, like, comment, and discuss), and a supportive psychoeducational resource library that contains 35 supportive articles written by experts in womens' health and well-being.
• Psychoeducational Resource Library Access Only — BEHAVIORAL
  This is a web version of the app's psychoeducational resource library containing 35 articles written by experts in womens' physical and mental health. The article library is identical to what is available inside the app.

Study Details

This study evaluates the impact of a novel smartphone application on alcohol consumption, alcohol-related problems, and psychological well-being. Participants invited into the study are biological females between the ages of 18 and 59 years of age who signup to use the app and who live in the United States.

Key Dates

Start date

Apr 1, 2026

Status verified

Apr 2026

Primary completion

Dec 31, 2027

Completion

Dec 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

1,752 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• Experimental: Fully featured gamified personalized normative feedback delivering app
  Participants randomized to this arm are invited to use the fully featured app for a period of 3 months between March and December 2026 (Heat 1). The app includes interactive social community features and delivers gamified personalized normative feedback (PNF) on a weekly basis designed to correct misperceived norms for alcohol use, coping behaviors, other health behaviors, and other experiences of interest to this population (relationships, etc). The app also has a psychoeducational resource library containing health and mental health supportive articles and PNF screens also link to psychoeducational resource pages on corresponding topics.
• Other: Psychoeducational Resource Library Access Only
  Participants randomized to this arm are assigned to Heat 2 where their app use is delayed by 12 months. During Heat 1 (March-December 2026), they are locked out of the app and only have access to a web version of the psychoeducational resource library.

Primary Outcome Measure

Daily Drinking Questionnaire (DDQ) [ Time Frame: Assessed at baseline, then at 3, 6, and 9 month follow-ups ]

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