SynthesisJournal of medical Internet research2014
The effectiveness of electronic screening and brief intervention for reducing levels of alcohol consumption: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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88 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Prevention Approaches for Alcohol Problems with Viability for Military Implementation.Military medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Review article: Electronic screening and brief intervention for alcohol-related trauma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA · 2025Pooled it
- Which interventions for alcohol use should be included in a universal healthcare benefit package? An umbrella review of targeted interventions to address harmful drinking and dependence.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of brief substance use interventions delivered in general medical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Pooled it
- The efficacy of Personalized Normative Feedback interventions across addictions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Fitbit-Based Interventions for Healthy Lifestyle Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- mHealth Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in Young People: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Comprehensive child and adolescent nursing · 2020Pooled it
- Technology-Based Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Behavior Change Techniques Used in Digital Behavior Change Interventions to Reduce Excessive Alcohol Consumption: A Meta-regression.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Personalised digital interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in community-dwelling populations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the mHealth Interventions to Prevent Alcohol and Substance Abuse.Journal of health communication · 2017Pooled it
- Alcohol Electronic Screening and Brief Intervention: A Community Guide Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Electronic Interventions for Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.Annals of internal medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Internet-delivered therapy for alcohol misuse: engagement, satisfaction, and outcomes when patients select their preference for therapist- or self-guided treatment.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Trial
- Personalized normative feedback for hazardous drinking among college women: Differential outcomes by history of incapacitated rape.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of face-to-face and electronic brief interventions versus screening alone to reduce alcohol consumption among high-risk adolescents presenting to emergency departments: three-arm pragmatic randomized trial (SIPS Junior high risk trial).Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Trial
- Brief interventions to prevent excessive alcohol use in adolescents at low-risk presenting to Emergency Departments: Three-arm, randomised trial of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.The International journal on drug policy · 2021Trial
- An Electronic Screening and Brief Intervention for Hazardous and Harmful Drinking Among Swedish University Students: Reanalysis of Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial Using a Bayesian Framework.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Trial
- Electronic Screening for Alcohol Use and Brief Intervention by Email for University Students: Reanalysis of Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial Using a Bayesian Framework.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Trial
- Testing the efficacy of motivational strategies, empathic reflections, and lifelike features in a computerized intervention for alcohol use: A factorial trial.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Trial
28 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundElectronic screening and brief intervention (eSBI) has been shown to reduce alcohol consumption, but its effectiveness over time has not been subject to meta-analysis.
objectiveThe current study aims to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the available literature to determine the effectiveness of eSBI over time in nontreatment-seeking hazardous/harmful drinkers.
methodsA systematic review and meta-analysis of relevant studies identified through searching the electronic databases PsychINFO, Medline, and EMBASE in May 2013. Two members of the study team independently screened studies for inclusion criteria and extracted data. Studies reporting data that could be transformed into grams of ethanol per week were included in the meta-analysis. The mean difference in grams of ethanol per week between eSBI and control groups was weighted using the random-effects method based on the inverse-variance approach to control for differences in sample size between studies.
resultsThere was a statistically significant mean difference in grams of ethanol consumed per week between those receiving an eSBI versus controls at up to 3 months (mean difference -32.74, 95% CI -56.80 to -8.68, z=2.67, P=.01), 3 to less than 6 months (mean difference -17.33, 95% CI -31.82 to -2.84, z=2.34, P=.02), and from 6 months to less than 12 months follow-up (mean difference -14.91, 95% CI -25.56 to -4.26, z=2.74, P=.01). No statistically significant difference was found at a follow-up period of 12 months or greater (mean difference -7.46, 95% CI -25.34 to 10.43, z=0.82, P=.41).
conclusionsA significant reduction in weekly alcohol consumption between intervention and control conditions was demonstrated between 3 months and less than 12 months follow-up indicating eSBI is an effective intervention.
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