SynthesisJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2015
Personalized drinking feedback: A meta-analysis of in-person versus computer-delivered interventions.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Prevention Approaches for Alcohol Problems with Viability for Military Implementation.Military medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing the Effectiveness of eHealth Interventions to Manage Multiple Lifestyle Risk Behaviors Among Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Practitioner and digitally delivered interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in people not seeking alcohol treatment: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Pooled it
- Feasibility and Effects of Digital Interventions to Support People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Internet-Delivered Health Interventions That Work: Systematic Review of Meta-Analyses and Evaluation of Website Availability.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Feasibility and acceptability of a trauma-informed and peer-supported digital brief intervention for heavy-drinking emerging adults with interpersonal trauma.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Trial
- Incentives and delivery modality as moderators of a web-based personalized normative feedback intervention for heavy-drinking college students.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2025Trial
- Pilot randomized controlled trial of a tailored personalized normative feedback intervention for college student alcohol use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- Development of a Personalized Feedback Intervention Targeting Pain-Related Anxiety for Adults Reporting Hazardous Drinking and Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2024Trial
- A randomized pilot trial of a mobile phone-based brief intervention with personalized feedback and interactive text messaging to reduce driving after cannabis use and riding with a cannabis impaired driver.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Trial
- Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for Community College Students (BASICCS): Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of web-conferencing BASICCS and supporting automated text messages.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Trial
- A randomized controlled trial comparing community lifestyle interventions to improve adherence to diet and physical activity recommendations: the VitalUM study.European journal of epidemiology · 2021Trial
- Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms improve after an integrated brief alcohol intervention for OEF/OIF/OND veterans.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2019Trial
- Personalized Boosters After a Computerized Intervention Targeting College Drinking: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2018Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of a very brief, multicomponent web-based alcohol intervention for undergraduates with a focus on protective behavioral strategies.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2016Trial
- Personalized Feedback in Parent-Based Interventions to Prevent or Reduce Adolescent Drinking.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2025Article
- Nicotine, tobacco smoking, and pain in orthopedic trauma settings: a conceptual framework for practice and research.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Review
- Evaluation of an integrated personalized feedback intervention for hazardous drinkers with elevated anxiety sensitivity and PTSD symptoms: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- Thirty years of BASICS: Dissemination and implementation progress and challenges.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Article
- College students' receptiveness to intervention approaches for alcohol and cannabis use.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveAlcohol misuse is a significant public health concern. Personalized feedback interventions (PFIs) involve the use of personalized information about one's drinking behaviors and can be delivered in person or via computer. The relative efficacy of these delivery methods remains an unanswered question. The primary aim of the current meta-analysis was to identify and directly compare randomized clinical trials of in-person PFIs and computer-delivered PFIs.
methodA total of 14 intervention comparisons from 13 manuscripts, of which 9 were college samples, were examined: in-person PFIs (N = 1,240; 49% female; 74% White) and computer-delivered PFIs (N = 1,201; 53% female; 73% White). Independent coders rated sample characteristics, study information, study design, intervention content, and study outcomes.
resultsWeighted mean effect sizes were calculated using random-effects models. At short follow-up (≤4 months), there were no differences between in-person PFIs and computer-delivered PFIs on any alcohol use variable or alcohol-related problems. At long follow-up (>4 months), in-person PFIs were more effective than computer-delivered PFIs at impacting overall drinking quantity (d = .18) and drinks per week (d = .19). These effects were not moderated by sample characteristics.
conclusionsFor assessing alcohol outcomes at shorter follow-ups, there were no differences between delivery modality. At longer follow-ups, in-person PFIs demonstrated some advantages over computer-delivered PFIs. We encourage researchers to continue to examine direct comparisons between these delivery modalities and to further examine the efficacy of in-person PFIs at longer follow-ups. (PsycINFO Database Record
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