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Trial reportAlcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Twelve-month follow-up results from a randomized controlled trial of a brief personalized feedback intervention for problem drinkers.

John A Cunningham, T Cameron Wild, Joanne Cordingley, Trevor Van Mierlo, Keith Humphreys

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

John A CunninghamCentre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell St., Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 2S1. John_Cunningham@camh.net
T Cameron Wild
Joanne Cordingley
Trevor Van Mierlo
Keith Humphreys
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · CAStanford Medicine · USUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

Internet-based intervention for problem drinkingR01AA015056 · NIAAA · CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH · PI CUNNINGHAM, JOHN A · 2006 to 2008
$286k
NIAAA NIH HHS 1 R01 AA015056-01A2NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA015056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo examine the impact of a web-based personalized feedback intervention, the Check Your Drinking (CYD; www.CheckYourDrinking.net) screener at 12-month follow-up.

methodsRespondents (N = 185) were recruited from a general population telephone survey of Ontario, Canadian adults (> or =18 years) by asking risky drinkers if they were willing to help develop and evaluate Internet-based interventions for drinkers. Those randomly assigned to the intervention condition were provided with the web address and a unique password to a study-specific copy of the CYD. Respondents assigned to the control condition were sent a written description of the different components of the CYD and asked how useful they thought each of the components might be. Respondents were followed up at 3, 6 and 12 months.

resultsBy the 12-month follow-up, the impact of the intervention previously reported at 3 and 6 months of CYD on problem drinkers' alcohol consumption was no longer apparent (P > 0.05).

conclusionsRecognizing that many people with alcohol concerns will never seek treatment, recent years have seen an increase in efforts to find ways to take treatment to problem drinkers. The CYD is one such intervention that has a demonstrated effect on reducing alcohol consumption in the short term (i.e. 6 months). Other more intensive Internet-based interventions or interventions via other modalities may enhance this positive outcome over the short and long term among problem drinkers who would be otherwise unlikely to access treatment for their alcohol concerns.

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AdultAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholismFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInternetMalePsychotherapy, BriefSocioeconomic Factors

Identifiers

PMID20150170
PMCPMC2857148
OpenAlexW2161538741

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