SynthesisAnnals of internal medicine2015
Electronic Interventions for Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Annals of internal medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
65 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 117 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digitally Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Meta-Analysis Across Consumption and Psychosocial Outcomes.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
- How effective are remote and/or digital interventions as part of alcohol and drug treatment and recovery support? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 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
- Mobile Health Interventions for Self-Control of Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled 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
- Personalised digital interventions for reducing hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in community-dwelling populations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Alcohol Electronic Screening and Brief Intervention: A Community Guide Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2016Pooled it
- A Problem-Solving Therapy With Apple Watch Support for College Students With Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
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- 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
- Effect of a smartphone intervention as a secondary prevention for use among university students with unhealthy alcohol use: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Trial
- Effects of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Harmful Alcohol Use and Alcohol Dependence as Self-help or With Therapist Guidance: Three-Armed Randomized Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- Initial efficacy of a web-based alcohol and emotion regulation intervention for college women with sexual assault histories.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Trial
- High- versus low-intensity internet interventions for alcohol use disorders: results of a three-armed randomized controlled superiority trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Trial
- A Mobile Phone App Featuring Cue Exposure Therapy As Aftercare for Alcohol Use Disorders: An Investigator-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Trial
- The Effectiveness of an Internet Intervention Aimed at Reducing Alcohol Consumption in Adults.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019Trial
- Efficacy of a web-based intervention with and without guidance for employees with risky drinking: results of a three-arm randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2018Trial
- Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Versus Extended Internet Intervention for Problem Drinkers.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2017Trial
- Treatment seeking as a mechanism of change in a randomized controlled trial of a mobile health intervention to support recovery from alcohol use disorders.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Intervention by Interactive Voice Response.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2017Trial
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of electronic interventions (e-interventions) may improve treatment of alcohol misuse. PURPOSE: To characterize treatment intensity and systematically review the evidence for efficacy of e-interventions, relative to controls, for reducing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related impairment in adults and college students. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE (via PubMed) from January 2000 to March 2015 and the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and PsycINFO from January 2000 to August 2014. STUDY SELECTION: English-language, randomized, controlled trials that involved at least 50 adults who misused alcohol; compared an e-intervention group with a control group; and reported outcomes at 6 months or longer. DATA EXTRACTION: Two reviewers abstracted data and independently rated trial quality and strength of evidence. DATA SYNTHESIS: In 28 unique trials, the modal e-intervention was brief feedback on alcohol consumption. Available data suggested a small reduction in consumption (approximately 1 drink per week) in adults and college students at 6 months but not at 12 months. There was no statistically significant effect on meeting drinking limit guidelines in adults or on binge-drinking episodes or social consequences of alcohol in college students. LIMITATIONS: E-interventions that ranged in intensity were combined in analyses. Quantitative results do not apply to short-term outcomes or alcohol use disorders.
conclusionEvidence suggests that low-intensity e-inter ventions produce small reductions in alcohol consumption at 6 months, but there is little evidence for longer-term, clinically significant effects, such as meeting drinking limits. Future e-interventions could provide more intensive treatment and possibly human support to assist persons in meeting recommended drinking limits. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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