Trial reportBMC public health2013
The effectiveness of a web-based brief alcohol intervention in reducing heavy drinking among adolescents aged 15-20 years with a low educational background: a two-arm parallel group cluster randomized controlled trial.
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- Personalised digital interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in community-dwelling populations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Prevention of alcohol use in older teens: A randomized trial of an online family prevention program.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Trial
- Evaluating the effectiveness of a smartphone app to reduce excessive alcohol consumption: protocol for a factorial randomised control trial.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- Effectiveness of a Web-Based Screening and Fully Automated Brief Motivational Intervention for Adolescent Substance Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Trial
- A Web-Based Computer-Tailored Alcohol Prevention Program for Adolescents: Cost-Effectiveness and Intersectoral Costs and Benefits.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Trial
- Digital Intervention Components for Preventing and Reducing Substance Use in Adolescents and Emerging Adults: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Interventions to Reduce Binge Drinking.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A mixed-methods study among adolescents and teachers in Bogotá, Colombia: adapting the OurFutures Alcohol Program.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- Digital health interventions to improve eating behaviour of people with a lower socioeconomic position: a scoping review of behaviour change techniques.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Challenges in a Technology-Based Cancer Pain Management Program Among Asian American Breast Cancer Survivors.Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · 2019Article
- Computer-Based Prevention and Intervention to Reduce Substance Use in Youth.Current addiction reports · 2017Article
- Web-based interventions to decrease alcohol use in adolescents: a Delphi study about increasing effectiveness and reducing drop-out.BMC public health · 2015Article
- A research agenda for gender and substance use disorders in the emergency department.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2014Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTo evaluate the slightly modified version of the web-based brief alcohol intervention "What Do You Drink" (WDYD) among heavy drinking adolescents and young adults aged 15-20 years with a low educational background at one and six months follow-up.
methodsA two-arm parallel group cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted online in the Netherlands in 2011-2012. Participants included in the trial were recruited from preparatory and secondary vocational education institutions and had to be between 15 and 20 years of age and report heavy drinking in the past six months. In total, 73 classes representing 609 (59.9% male) participants were allocated to the experimental condition (37 classes, 318 participants: WDYD intervention) or control condition (36 classes, 291 participants: no intervention). Outcomes were heavy drinking, weekly alcohol consumption, and frequency of binge drinking.
resultsRegressions analyses revealed no significant main intervention effects on any of the alcohol outcomes at one and six month's follow-up according to the intention-to-treat principle. Additionally, there were no moderating effects of gender, age, educational level, and readiness to change on the relation between the WDYD intervention and the alcohol outcomes at follow-up.
conclusionsThe WDYD intervention was not effective in reducing alcohol consumption among heavy drinking adolescents and young adults aged 15-20 years with a low educational background at one and six months follow-up. However, the absence of intervention effectiveness cannot be used as an argument for not conducting these types of interventions with low educated individuals, since our study was the first to target this population.
trial registrationNetherlands Trial Register NTR2971.
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