Trial reportSubstance abuse2014
Results of a pilot test of a self-administered smartphone-based treatment system for alcohol use disorders: usability and early outcomes.
Trial report in Substance abuse, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04447794 (Can a Chatbot-delivered Alcohol Intervention Engage Users and Enhance Outcomes Over a Smartphone App? Development and Feasibility Testing of a StepAway 'Bot'), which is not on this map. Cited by 68 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Can a Chatbot-delivered Alcohol Intervention Engage Users and Enhance Outcomes Over a Smartphone App? Development and Feasibility Testing of a StepAway 'Bot'
Who cites it
68 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions for Adolescent and Young Adult Substance Use: A Systematic Review.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Technology-mediated just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) to reduce harmful substance use: a systematic review.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Understanding How and Why Alcohol Interventions Prevent and Reduce Problematic Alcohol Consumption among Older Adults: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Smartphone-Delivered Ecological Momentary Interventions Based on Ecological Momentary Assessments to Promote Health Behaviors: Systematic Review and Adapted Checklist for Reporting Ecological Momentary Assessment and Intervention Studies.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Pooled 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
- Mobile Apps to Reduce Tobacco, Alcohol, and Illicit Drug Use: Systematic Review of the First Decade.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Current reporting of usability and impact of mHealth interventions for substance use disorder: A systematic review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Pooled it
- Usability Evaluations of Mobile Mental Health Technologies: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Brief report: Aging adult utilization of an mHealth intervention for problem drinking.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
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- Delivering Personalized Protective Behavioral Drinking Strategies via a Smartphone Intervention: a Pilot Study.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of Different Mobile Messaging Interventions for Problem Drinking Compared to Weekly Drink Tracking.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Predictors of Utilization of a Novel Smoking Cessation Smartphone App.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2015Trial
- Protocol for a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a technology-assisted motivational interviewing (TAMI) chatbot on smoking cessation.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Current approaches using remote monitoring technology in alcohol use disorder (AUD): an integrative review.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Review
- Personalized interventions for behaviour change: A scoping review of just-in-time adaptive interventions.British journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- An Ecological Momentary Assessment Approach of Environmental Triggers in the Role of Daily Affect, Rumination, and Movement Patterns in Early Alcohol Use Among Healthy Adolescents: Exploratory Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Article
- Combined Motivational Interviewing and Ecological Momentary Intervention to Reduce Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Sexual Minority Cisgender Men and Transgender Individuals: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- An mHealth Intervention to Address Depression and Improve Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Youths Living With HIV in Uganda: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- The Cultural Adaption of a Sobriety Support App for Alaska Native and American Indian People: Qualitative Feasibility and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundThis paper provides results from a pilot study focused on assessing early-stage effectiveness and usability of a smartphone-based intervention system that provides a stand-alone, self-administered intervention option, the Location-Based Monitoring and Intervention for Alcohol Use Disorders (LBMI-A). The LBMI-A provided numerous features for intervening with ongoing drinking, craving, connection with supportive others, managing life problems, high-risk location alerting, and activity scheduling.
methodsTwenty-eight participants, ranging in age from 22 to 45, who met criteria for an alcohol use disorder used an LBMI-A-enabled smartphone for 6 weeks.
resultsParticipants indicated the LBMI-A intervention modules were helpful in highlighting alcohol use patterns. Tools related to managing alcohol craving, monitoring consumption, and identifying triggers to drink were rated by participants as particularly helpful. Participants also demonstrated significant reductions in hazardous alcohol use while using the system (56% of days spent hazardously drinking at baseline vs. 25% while using the LBMI-A) and drinks per day diminished by 52%.
conclusionsImplications for system improvement as well as suggestions for designing ecological momentary assessment and intervention systems for substance use disorders are discussed.
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