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Trial reportJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs. Supplement2009

Alcohol screening and brief intervention in a college student health center: a randomized controlled trial.

James F Schaus, Mary Lou Sole, Thomas P McCoy, Natalie Mullett, Mary Claire O'Brien

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. Supplement, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Motivational interviewing for substance use reduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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  4. Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  12. Motivational interviewing for substance abuse.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

James F SchausHealth Services, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-3333, USA. jschaus@mail.ucf.edu
Mary Lou Sole
Thomas P McCoy
Natalie Mullett
Mary Claire O'Brien

Funding

Rapid Responses to Problem Drinking on College CampusesU01AA014741 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RHODES, SCOTT D · 2003 to 2007
$2.6M
Alcohol Screening and Intervention in a College ClinicU18AA015673 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA · PI SCHAUS, JAMES F · 2005 to 2006
$638k
NIAAA NIH HHS 1 U18 AA015673-01NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA014741NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA14741NIAAA NIH HHS U18 AA015673
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study tested the effectiveness of brief primary care provider interventions delivered in a college student health center to a sample of college students who screened positive for high-risk drinking.

methodBetween November 2005 and August 2006, 8,753 students who presented as new patients to the health service at a large public university were screened for high-risk drinking, and 2,484 students (28%) screened positive on the 5/4 gender-specific high-risk drinking question (i.e., five or more drinks per occasion for men and four or more for women). Students who screened positive for high-risk drinking and consented to participate (N= 363; 52% female) were randomly assigned either to a control group (n = 182) or to an experimental group (n = 181). Participants in the experimental group received two brief intervention sessions that were founded in motivational interviewing techniques and delivered by four specially trained providers within the student health center. Data on alcohol use and related harms were obtained from a Web-based Healthy Lifestyle Questionnaire, 30-day Timeline Followback alcohol-use diaries, the Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI), and eight items from the Drinker Inventory of Consequences-2L.

resultsRepeated measures analysis showed that, compared with the control group (C), the intervention group (I) had significant reductions in typical estimated blood alcohol concentration (BAC) (C = .071 vs I = .057 at 3 months; C = .073 vs I = .057 at 6 months), peak BAC (C = . 142 vs I = .112 at 3 months; C = .145 vs I = .108 at 6 months), peak number of drinks per sitting (C = 8.03 vs I = 6.87 at 3 months; C = 7.98 vs I = 6.52 at 6 months), average number of drinks per week (C = 9.47 vs I = 7.33 at 3 months; C = 8.90 vs I = 6.16 at 6 months), number of drunk episodes in a typical week (C = 1.24 vs I = 0.85 at 3 months; C = 1.10 vs I = 0.71 at 6 months), number of times taken foolish risks (C = 2.24 vs I = 1.12 at 3 months), and RAPI sum scores (C = 6.55 vs I = 4.96 at 6 months; C = 6.17 vs I = 4.58 at 9 months).

conclusionsBrief interventions delivered by primary care providers in a student health center to high-risk-drinking students may result in significantly decreased alcohol consumption, high-risk drinking, and alcohol-related harms.

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Alcohol DrinkingAlcohol-Related DisordersCounselingHumansInternetMass ScreeningMotivationStudent Health ServicesStudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeUniversities

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PMID19538921
PMCPMC2701092

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