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

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 precis...

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Main Authors: 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, Markus Reichert
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241311731
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author 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
Markus Reichert
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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
Markus Reichert
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-22da092c24ed40a395bfb2921f43f2d82025-01-22T11:03:44ZengSAGE PublishingDigital Health2055-20762025-01-011110.1177/20552076241311731Real-time mechanism-based interventions for daily alcohol challenges: Protocol for ecological momentary assessment and interventionShuyan Liu0Matthias Haucke1Rika Groß2Kay Schneider3Jaekyung Shin4Fabian Arntz5Patrick Bach6Tobias Banaschewski7Christian Beste8Lorenz Deserno9Ulrich Ebner-Priemer10Tanja Endrass11Marvin Ganz12Ali Ghadami13Marco Giurgiu14Andreas Heinz15Falk Kiefer16Reinhold Kliegl17Bernd Lenz18Marta Anna Marciniak19Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg20Andreas B. Neubauer21Michael Rapp22Michael N. Smolka23Jens Strehle24Rainer Spanagel25Gianna Spitta26Heike Tost27Henrik Walter28Hilmar Zech29Dominic Reichert30Markus Reichert31 German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Partner Sites Berlin/Potsdam and Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ulm, Germany Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Campus Charité Mitte), , Berlin, Germany Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Campus Charité Mitte), , Berlin, Germany Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Campus Charité Mitte), , Berlin, Germany Department of Sports and Health Sciences, , Potsdam, Germany Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, (CIMH), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, , Medical Faculty Mannheim, , Mannheim, Germany University Neuropsychology Center (UNC), , Dresden, Germany Addiction Research, Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany Institute of Sports and Sports Science, , Karlsruhe, Germany Addiction Research, Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Institute of Sports and Sports Science, , Karlsruhe, Germany German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Partner Sites Berlin/Potsdam and Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ulm, Germany Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, (CIMH), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Department of Sports and Health Sciences, , Potsdam, Germany Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, (CIMH), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, , Rotterdam, The Netherlands Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany , Aachen, Germany Department of Sports and Health Sciences, , Potsdam, Germany Addiction Research, Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH), , Dresden, Germany Institute of Psychopharmacology, , Medical Faculty Mannheim, , Mannheim, Germany Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Campus Charité Mitte), , Berlin, Germany Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Partner Sites Berlin/Potsdam and Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ulm, Germany Addiction Research, Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany Department of eHealth and Sports Analytics, Faculty of Sport Science, , Bochum, Germany Department for Sport and Exercise Science, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Salzburg, AustriaBackground 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.https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241311731
spellingShingle 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
Markus Reichert
Real-time mechanism-based interventions for daily alcohol challenges: Protocol for ecological momentary assessment and intervention
Digital Health
title Real-time mechanism-based interventions for daily alcohol challenges: Protocol for ecological momentary assessment and intervention
title_full Real-time mechanism-based interventions for daily alcohol challenges: Protocol for ecological momentary assessment and intervention
title_fullStr Real-time mechanism-based interventions for daily alcohol challenges: Protocol for ecological momentary assessment and intervention
title_full_unstemmed Real-time mechanism-based interventions for daily alcohol challenges: Protocol for ecological momentary assessment and intervention
title_short Real-time mechanism-based interventions for daily alcohol challenges: Protocol for ecological momentary assessment and intervention
title_sort real time mechanism based interventions for daily alcohol challenges protocol for ecological momentary assessment and intervention
url https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241311731
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