Trial reportPloS one2016
Guided and Unguided Internet-Based Treatment for Problematic Alcohol Use - A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.
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Guided and Unguided Internet Treatment for Problematic Alcohol Use: A Randomized Pilot Study
Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- User Engagement With mHealth Interventions to Promote Treatment Adherence and Self-Management in People With Chronic Health Conditions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the effect of substance use interventions on emotion outcomes.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2019Pooled it
- Psychosocial Health Interventions by Social Robots: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness and treatment moderators of internet interventions for adult problem drinking: An individual patient data meta-analysis of 19 randomised controlled trials.PLoS medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Should I drink water or wine? Impacts of online nutritional counseling on the alcohol consumption of elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment : Secondary Data Analysis from the RCT "BrainFit-Nutrition".BMC public health · 2026Trial
- 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
- Optimizing internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for alcohol misuse-a randomized factorial trial examining effects of a pre-treatment assessment interview and guidance.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Trial
- Effects of a minimal-guided on-line intervention for alcohol misuse in Estonia: a randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Trial
- 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
- Internet-based therapy versus face-to-face therapy for alcohol use disorder, a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Trial
- High- versus low-intensity internet interventions for alcohol use disorders: results of a three-armed randomized controlled superiority trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Trial
- The Effectiveness of an Internet Intervention Aimed at Reducing Alcohol Consumption in Adults.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019Trial
- Can we learn to manage stress? A randomized controlled trial carried out on university students.PloS one · 2018Trial
- Web-Based Alcohol Intervention: Study of Systematic Attrition of Heavy Drinkers.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Trial
- A systematic review on personalization of treatment components in IBIs for mental disorders.Internet interventions · 2025Review
- Alcohol use disorder and fitness to drive: Discrepancies between health professionals' evaluations and objective measures of alcohol use and cognitive functioning.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2024Article
- Problematic substance use among patients in a Swedish outpatient psychiatry setting: staff and manager perceptions of digital options for increased intervention access.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2023Article
- High- versus low-intensity internet interventions for alcohol use disorders (AUD): A two-year follow-up of a single-blind randomized controlled trial.Internet interventions · 2023Article
- Evaluation of a Primary E-Health Intervention for People with Alcohol Use Disorder: Clinical Characteristics of Users and Efficacy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Digital psychological self-care for problematic alcohol use: feasibility of a new clinical concept.BJPsych open · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Internet has increasingly been studied as mode of delivery for interventions targeting problematic alcohol use. Most interventions have been fully automated, but some research suggests that adding counselor guidance may improve alcohol consumption outcomes.
methodsAn eight-module Internet-based self-help program based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was tested among Internet help-seekers. Eighty participants with problematic alcohol use according to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT; scores of ≥ 6 for women and ≥ 8 for men) were recruited online from an open access website and randomized into three different groups. All groups were offered the same self-help program, but participants in two of the three groups received Internet-based counselor guidance in addition to the self-help program. One of the guidance groups was given a choice between guidance via asynchronous text messages or synchronous text-based chat, while the other guidance group received counselor guidance via asynchronous text messages only.
resultsIn the choice group, 65% (13 of 20 participants) chose guidance via asynchronous text messages. At the 10-week post-treatment follow-up, an intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis showed that participants in the two guidance groups (choice and messages) reported significantly lower past week alcohol consumption compared to the group without guidance; 10.8 (SD = 12.1) versus 22.6 (SD = 18.4); p = 0.001; Cohen's d = 0.77. Participants in both guidance groups reported significantly lower scores on the AUDIT at follow-up compared to the group without guidance, with a mean score of 14.4 (SD = 5.2) versus 18.2 (SD = 5.9); p = 0.003; Cohen's d = 0.68. A higher proportion of participants in the guidance groups said that they would recommend the program compared to the group without guidance (81% for choice; 93% for messages versus 47% for self-help).
conclusionSelf-help programs for problematic alcohol use can be more effective in reducing alcohol consumption over a 10-week period when counselor guidance is added.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT02384304.
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