Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) · Observational Study

Process-Based Psychological Processes in Alcohol Use Disorder: A Case-Control Study Using PBAT, PHQ-9, and GAD-7

ClinicalTrials.gov · September 11, 2026

Preliminary Why this matters to you Expert discussion

Early or partial results. Treat as a signal, not a conclusion.

AI Summary

This is a planned observational case-control study registered but not yet recruiting that will compare psychological processes and emotional symptoms between individuals with alcohol use disorder and non-clinical controls using Process-Based Assessment Tool, PHQ-9, and GAD-7, with group differences tested via MANCOVA. No results are available in this registry record.

What was studied

Observational. Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD); age from 18 Years; accepts healthy volunteers. Intervention: Clinical; Control. Compared with: Non-clinical control group. n = 200. 1 site: Romania.

Key findings

Safety

Safety was not reported in the material analysed. Check the source before drawing any conclusion about harm.

Who this may help

The source did not state who this applies to in practice.

Plain-language summary

This is an unstarted observational registry record with no results posted; it describes a planned case-control study of psychological processes in AUD using validated scales and planned comparative analysis.

Study design

As stated by the source record.

MethodsCase Control model. Cross Sectional time perspective. Primary outcome measure: Process-Based Assessment Tool (assessed at After enrollment (single time point).)

DesignObservational

PopulationAlcohol Use Disorder (AUD); age from 18 Years; accepts healthy volunteers

Sample size200

InterventionClinical; Control

ComparatorNon-clinical control group

Setting1 site: Romania

Reported figures

Quoted from the source exactly as published.

Planned enrollment200

Primary outcome measureProcess-Based Assessment Tool

Secondary outcome measuresPHQ-9, GAD-7

Analysis methodMANCOVA controlling for demographics

Caveats

This is a registry record; no results have been reported or posted.
Study has not yet begun recruiting (recruitment status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING).
No effect sizes, p-values, or outcome data are available.
Observational design limits causal inference and is subject to confounding.

Evidence assessment

Graded across the dimensions that decide whether you should act, each from what the source actually supports. There is no single score, and where a dimension was not assessed it says so.

Study design

moderate

Case-control design is appropriate for group comparisons but observational without randomization.

Directness

moderate

Directly measures psychological processes and emotional symptoms via validated instruments.

Consistency

insufficient

No results reported; consistency cannot be assessed from registry record.

Risk of bias

insufficient

Observational design without blinding; detailed bias assessment not available pre-results.

Sample adequacy

moderate

Planned enrollment 200 participants; adequate for MANCOVA but not yet recruited.

What is missing. This record has no key findings. That is a gap in the analysis, not a judgement about the study.

Source abstract

Registry record from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07551830). This is a study registration, not published results. Lead sponsor: George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Targu Mures. Recruitment status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING. Study type: OBSERVATIONAL. Enrollment: 200 participants (ESTIMATED). Conditions: Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD). Primary outcome measures: Process-Based Assessment Tool , After enrollment (single time point).. Brief summary: This observational study investigates differences in psychological processes and emotional symptoms between individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and a non-clinical control group. PBAT, PHQ-9, and GAD-7 will be used. MANCOVA will test group differences controlling for demographics.

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Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)NCT07551830George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Targu Mures