Trial reportPloS one2013
Using ecological momentary assessment in testing the effectiveness of an alcohol intervention: a two-arm parallel group randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Motivation toward physical activity in patients with chronic musculoskeletal disorders: a meta-analysis of the efficacy of behavioural interventions.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Identification of Behavior Change Techniques From Successful Web-Based Interventions Targeting Alcohol Consumption, Binge Eating, and Gambling: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Effects, Acceptability, and Use of a Dynamically Tailored Mobile What Do You Drink Intervention to Reduce Excessive Drinking Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the Netherlands: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Using ecological momentary assessment to test the effectiveness of a web-based brief alcohol intervention over time among heavy-drinking students: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Trial
- Feasibility and Acceptability of Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to Evaluate Alcohol Use with American Indian Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico's health system: post-disaster perceptions and experiences of health care providers and administrators.Global health research and policy · 2021Article
- Innovative methods for observing and changing complex health behaviors: four propositions.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Review
- [Internet-based alcohol interventions for college students: systematic reviewIntervenciones por Internet para reducir el consumo de alcohol de los estudiantes universitarios: revisión sistemática].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2018Review
- Impulsivity interacts with momentary PTSD symptom worsening to predict alcohol use in male veterans.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2018Article
- An Ecological Momentary Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in Young Adults Delivered During Drinking Events: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2017Article
- Virtues, ecological momentary assessment/intervention and smartphone technology.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Review
- Recruiting U.S. and Canadian college students via social media for participation in a web-based brief intervention study.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2015Article
- Background for Real-Time Monitoring and Intervention Related to Alcohol Use.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2014Review
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6 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol consumption of college students has a fluctuating nature, which might impact the measurement of intervention effects. By using 25 follow-up time-points, this study tested whether intervention effects are robust or might vary over time.
methodsData were used from a two-arm parallel group randomized controlled trial applying ecological momentary assessment (EMA) with 30 data time-points in total. Students between 18 and 24 years old who reported heavy drinking in the past six months and who were ready to change their alcohol consumption were randomly assigned to the experimental (n = 456: web-based brief alcohol intervention) and control condition (n = 451: no intervention). Outcome measures were weekly alcohol consumption, frequency of binge drinking, and heavy drinking status.
resultsAccording to the intention-to-treat principle, regression analyses revealed that intervention effects on alcohol consumption varied when exploring multiple follow-up time-points. Intervention effects were found for a) weekly alcohol consumption at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 weeks follow-up, b) frequency of binge drinking at 1, 2, 7, and 12 weeks follow-up, and c) heavy drinking status at 1, 2, 7, and 16 weeks follow-up.
conclusionsThis research showed that the commonly used one and six month follow-up time-points are relatively arbitrary and not using EMA might bring forth erroneous conclusions on the effectiveness of interventions. Therefore, future trials in alcohol prevention research and beyond are encouraged to apply EMA when assessing outcome measures and intervention effectiveness.
trial registrationNetherlands Trial Register NTR2665.
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