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Trial reportBMJ open2015

'Klar bleiben': a school-based alcohol prevention programme for German adolescents-study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Samuel Tomczyk, Reiner Hanewinkel, Barbara Isensee

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMJ open, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Family-based prevention programmes for alcohol use in young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
    Pooled it
  2. Preventing Binge Drinking in Adolescents.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2017
    Trial
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Samuel TomczykInstitute for Therapy and Health Research (IFT-Nord), Kiel, Germany.
Reiner HanewinkelInstitute for Therapy and Health Research (IFT-Nord), Kiel, Germany.
Barbara IsenseeInstitute for Therapy and Health Research (IFT-Nord), Kiel, Germany.
Institute for Therapy and Health Research · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThere is a noticeable increase in hazardous alcohol use during adolescence, which is significantly associated with adverse consequences. In Germany, up to 30% of adolescents report regular heavy episodic drinking. However, only a few German prevention programmes target adolescents of legal drinking age (16 years and above); thus, this trial aims to develop, implement and evaluate 'Klar bleiben' ('Stay clearheaded'), a school-based prevention programme for grade 10 students. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: 'Klar bleiben' consists of a class commitment to drink responsibly and refrain from hazardous consumption patterns for 9 weeks. The commitment is accompanied by educational lessons on alcohol-related cognitions and consequences. It will be evaluated in a sample of approximately 3000 students (150 classes) from two German federal states (Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony) via a two-armed cluster randomised controlled trial with baseline and postassessment 6 months apart. The intervention group (75 classes) will participate in 'Klar bleiben', whereas the control group (75 classes) will receive education as usual. 'Klar bleiben' addresses classes, individuals, teachers and parents. It is based on a social norms approach and aims to reduce hazardous drinking and drinking-related consequences in adolescents. Secondary outcomes include general drinking behaviour, use of other substances, alcohol-related cognitions and social factors. Covariates include sociodemographic characteristics, environmental and individual (vulnerability) factors. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: 'Klar bleiben' provides a multicomponent school-based programme that bridges a gap in alcohol prevention. Similar class-level and social norms-based prevention programmes have already been proven to be successful for other substances among adolescents. Thus, dissemination to other federal states as well as longer term follow-up testing of the robustness of effects is to be anticipated. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the German Psychological Society (RH_0620152), and study findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference contributions. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: German Clinical Trials Register: DRKS00009424.

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Research DesignAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorAlcohol DrinkingCognitionFacultyFemaleGermanyHumansMaleParentsProgram EvaluationSchool Health ServicesStudentsadolescencealcoholcluster-randomized controlled trialheavy episodic drinkingschool-based prevention program

Identifiers

PMID26576815
PMCPMC4654307
OpenAlexW2175957808

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