Trial reportAddiction science & clinical practice2014
Mobile phone brief intervention applications for risky alcohol use among university students: a randomized controlled study.
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Brief Alcohol Interventions With Mobile Phone Applications for University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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100 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A sex- and gender-based analysis of alcohol treatment intervention research involving youth: A methodological systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Preventive Interventions for Young Adults in Nightlife: Coproduction for a Systematic Literature Assessment Followed by a Stakeholder Dialogue Process.European addiction research · 2021Pooled it
- Inventory and Analysis of Controlled Trials of Mobile Phone Applications Targeting Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 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
- mHealth Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in Young People: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Comprehensive child and adolescent nursing · 2020Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Mobile Phone-Based Text Messaging to Intervene with Problem Drinking in Youth and Younger Adult Population: A Meta-Analysis.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2020Pooled it
- Technology-Based Substance Use Interventions: Opportunities for Gender-Transformative Health Promotion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of the effectiveness of digital interventions for illicit substance misuse harm reduction in third-level students.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
- Mobile Health Interventions for Self-Control of Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
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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
- A Systematic Review of the mHealth Interventions to Prevent Alcohol and Substance Abuse.Journal of health communication · 2017Pooled it
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- App-based skills training to reduce problem drinking among adult internet help-seekers: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Trial
- Effect of a Smartphone App (S-Check) on Actual and Intended Help-Seeking and Motivation to Change Methamphetamine Use Among Adult Consumers of Methamphetamine in Australia: Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
- Automated, tailored adaptive mobile messaging to reduce alcohol consumption in help-seeking adults: A randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024Trial
- Using mobile technology to influence alcohol-impaired driving risk perceptions and decisions.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Trial
- Reduced alcohol use increases drink-refusal self-efficacy: Evidence from a contingency management study for DWI arrestees.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Trial
- A combined laboratory and field test of a smartphone breath alcohol device and blood alcohol concentration estimator to facilitate moderate drinking among young adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Trial
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Abstract
backgroundBrief interventions via the internet have been shown to reduce university students' alcohol intake. This study tested two smartphone applications (apps) targeting drinking choices on party occasions, with the goal of reducing problematic alcohol intake among Swedish university students.
methodsStudents were recruited via e-mails sent to student union members at two universities. Those who gave informed consent, had a smartphone, and showed risky alcohol consumption according to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) were randomized into three groups. Group 1 had access to the Swedish government alcohol monopoly's app, Promillekoll, offering real-time estimated blood alcohol concentration (eBAC) calculation; Group 2 had access to a web-based app, PartyPlanner, developed by the research group, offering real-time eBAC calculation with planning and follow-up functions; and Group 3 participants were controls. Follow-up was conducted at 7 weeks.
resultsAmong 28574 students offered participation, 4823 agreed to join; 415 were excluded due to incomplete data, and 1932 fulfilled eligibility criteria for randomization. Attrition was 22.7-39.3 percent, higher among heavier drinkers and highest in Group 2. Self-reported app use was higher in Group 1 (74%) compared to Group 2 (41%). Per-protocol analyses revealed only one significant time-by-group interaction, where Group 1 participants increased the frequency of their drinking occasions compared to controls (p = 0.001). Secondary analyses by gender showed a significant difference among men in Group 1 for frequency of drinking occasions per week (p = 0.001), but not among women. Among all participants, 29 percent showed high-risk drinking, over the recommended weekly drinking levels of 9 (women) and 14 (men) standard glasses.
conclusionsSmartphone apps can make brief interventions available to large numbers of university students. The apps studied using eBAC calculation did not, however, seem to affect alcohol consumption among university students and one app may have led to a negative effect among men. Future research should: 1) explore ways to increase user retention, 2) include apps facilitating technical manipulation for evaluation of added components, 3) explore the effects of adapting app content to possible gender differences, and 4) offer additional interventions to high-risk users.
trial registrationclinicaltrials.gov: NCT01958398.
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