Trial reportBMC public health2009
Evaluating real-time internet therapy and online self-help for problematic alcohol consumers: a three-arm RCT protocol.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Baseline predictors of treatment outcome in Internet-based alcohol interventions: a recursive partitioning analysis alongside a randomized trial.BMC public health · 2013Trial
- Economic evaluation of internet-based interventions for harmful alcohol use alongside a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2012Trial
- Snow control - an RCT protocol for a web-based self-help therapy to reduce cocaine consumption in problematic cocaine users.BMC psychiatry · 2011Trial
- Online Interventions for the Selective Prevention of Illicit Drug Use in Young Drug Users: Exploratory Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Alcohol Consumption Reduction Among a Web-Based Supportive Community Using the Hello Sunday Morning Blog Platform: Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Observational
- Motivational Interviewing Support for a Behavioral Health Internet Intervention for Drivers with Type 1 Diabetes.Internet interventions · 2015Article
- Missing data approaches in eHealth research: simulation study and a tutorial for nonmathematically inclined researchers.Journal of medical Internet research · 2010Article
- Cognitive behavioural therapy for patients with addictions: a review of the clinical and cost-effectiveness.CADTH technology overviews · 2010Article
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Abstract
backgroundOnly a minority of all alcohol- and drug abusers is receiving professional care. In an attempt to narrow this treatment gap, treatment facilities experiment with online healthcare. Therefore, it is important to test the (cost-)effectiveness of online health interventions in a randomized clinical trial.
methodsThis paper presents the protocol of a three-arm randomized clinical trial to test the (cost-) effectiveness of online treatment for problem drinkers. Self-help online, therapy online and a waiting list are tested against each other. Primary outcome is change in alcohol consumption. Secondary outcome measures include quality of life and working ability. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios for self-help online alcohol and therapy online alcohol will be calculated. The predictive validity of participant characteristics on treatment adherence and outcome will be explored. DISCUSSION: To our best knowledge, this randomized clinical trial will be the first to test the effectiveness of therapy online against both self-help online and a waiting-list. It will provide evidence on (cost-) effectiveness of online treatment for problem drinkers and investigate outcome predictors.
trial registrationThis trial is registered in the Dutch Trialregister (Cochrane Collaboration) and traceable as NTR-TC1155.
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