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Trial reportAddictive behaviors2015

Brief web-based intervention for college students with comorbid risky alcohol use and depressed mood: does it work and for whom?

Irene M Geisner, Lindsey Varvil-Weld, Angela J Mittmann, Kimberly Mallett, Rob Turrisi

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Trial report in Addictive behaviors, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Digital interventions for substance use disorders in young people: rapid review.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023
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  17. Thirty years of BASICS: Dissemination and implementation progress and challenges.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Irene M GeisnerCenter for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, 1100 NE 45th Street, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. Electronic address: geisner@u.washington.edu.
Lindsey Varvil-WeldDepartment of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, 219 Biobehavioral Health Bldg., University Park, PA 16802, USA. Electronic address: lvweld@psu.edu.
Angela J MittmannCenter for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, 1100 NE 45th Street, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. Electronic address: mittmann@u.washington.edu.
Kimberly MallettEdna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 320 Biobehavioral Health Bldg., University Park, PA 16802, USA. Electronic address: kmallett@psu.edu.
Rob TurrisiDepartment of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, 219 Biobehavioral Health Bldg., University Park, PA 16802, USA; Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 320 Biobehavioral Health Bldg., University Park, PA 16802, USA. Electronic address: rjt13@psu.edu.
Pennsylvania State University · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Novel web-based intervention for heavy drinking and depressed college studentsR21AA019993 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI GEISNER, IRENE M · 2011 to 2012
$324k
NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA019993NIAAA NIH HHS R21AA019993
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledCollege is a time of increased risk for problematic alcohol use and depressed mood. The comorbidity of these conditions is well documented, but is less well understood, with few interventions designed to prevent or reduce the related consequences. The current study evaluated a web-based personalized intervention for students (N=311) who reported an AUDIT score of 8 or more, a BDI-II score of 14 or more, and reported drinking four (women) or five (men) or more drinks on at least one occasion in the past month.

methodInvited participants were randomly selected from all enrolled undergraduates at a large, public, Pacific Northwestern University. Participants completed a screening and baseline assessment, and those who met study eligibility criteria were randomized to one of four conditions (alcohol only, depressed mood only, integrated, and referral-only control). Follow-up occurred one-month post-intervention.

resultsWhile no main effects for the interventions were found, there were moderation effects, such that students in the alcohol only and integrated conditions who had lower levels of depressed mood or alcohol-related problems at baseline showed greater reductions in alcohol-related problems at follow-up compared to students in the control condition. Implications for interventions are discussed.

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InternetRisk-TakingUniversitiesAdolescentAlcoholismComorbidityDepressionFemaleHumansMalePsychotherapy, BriefSeverity of Illness IndexStudentsTherapy, Computer-AssistedTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultAlcohol useCollege studentsDepressed mood

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PMID25462652
PMCPMC4272863
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