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. 2023 Oct 5;2023(10):CD013456. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013456.pub2

NCT03703258.

Study name Public title: Tools for health and resilience implemented after violence exposure (Project THRIVE)
Scientific title: Preventing risky drinking and PTSD after sexual assault: a web‐based intervention
Methods Study design: randomised trial
Location/setting: USA
Participants Sample size: 40 participants who self‐identify as female (target)
Inclusion criteria
  • Informed consent

  • Self‐identification as female

  • Sexual assault, defined as endorsement of unwanted, attempted or completed sexual contact in the past 10 weeks

  • Age > 18 years

  • English fluency

  • Smartphone and internet access at least daily for 3 weeks and at least weekly for 3 months

  • Consumption of > 1 alcoholic drink in the past month

  • > 1 episode of high‐risk drinking in past 6 months, defined as either > 3 drinks on a given day or > 7 drinks in a given week

  • At least 3 symptom clusters endorsed on the PTSD Checklist


Exclusion criteria
  • Active suicidality

  • Psychosis


Recruitment status: recruiting
Interventions Experimental: app‐based cognitive‐behavioural intervention
Control: assessment‐only (app use but restricted to daily surveys and symptom tracker)
Outcomes
  1. Problem drinking (timing of assessment: 3 weeks and 3 months)

  2. PTSD (timing of assessment: 3 weeks and 3 months)

  3. Anxiety (timing of assessment: 3 weeks and 3 months)

  4. Coping self‐efficacy (timing of assessment: 3 weeks and 3 months)

  5. Depression (timing of assessment: 3 weeks and 3 months)

  6. Alcohol consumption (timing of assessment: 3 weeks and 3 months)

Starting date Study start date: 13 January 2021
Study end date: 1 September 2023 (estimated)
Contact information Name(s): Emily Dworkin, PhD; Christine Lee
E‐mail: edworkin@uw.edu; leecm@uw.edu
Notes Trial registry:ClinicalTrials.Gov
Trial registration number:NCT03703258
Funding source: University of Washington