Short summary

A pilot study on text-messaging to reduce hazardous alcohol consumption among Danish adults aged 55 - 80 years. Participants (n=60) will receive different types of supportive text-messages via a secure app. The intervention has been investigated in the US before and we will adapt it to Danish language, culture, and data regulation in this pilot-study.

Rationale

High-risk drinking is very prevalent among Danes aged 55+. It poses a serious risk to health and independent living, burdening health care systems and family members. Measures to reduce high-risk alcohol use in this growing group at need are urgently needed. Recent evidence suggests that a text-messaging intervention reduces high-risk alcohol intake in older adults. We aim to adapt and pilot-test this text-messaging intervention under Danish conditions, including feedback interviews with the target group.

Description of the cohort

Adults aged 55 - 80 years from the Danish population who report hazardous alcohol consumption.

Data and biological material

Questionnaire data.

Collaborating researchers and departments

Unit for Clinical Alcohol Research, University of Southern Denmark

• Anette Søgaard Nielsen
• Kjeld Andersen

Center for Digital Psychiatry

• Angelina Isabella Mellentin

Hunter College at CUNY, New York, USA

• Alexis Kuerbis