Trial reportInternational journal of behavioral medicine2017
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Versus Extended Internet Intervention for Problem Drinkers.
Trial report in International journal of behavioral medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Feasibility and Effects of Digital Interventions to Support People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Brief Intervention Versus More Extensive Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD): Testing the Comparability Hypothesis.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026Trial
- Usage of an App-Based Addiction Prevention Program for German Vocational Students: Secondary Analysis of Data From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- 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
- Effectiveness of brief motivational interviewing for alcohol misuse: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Review
- Seeking care where they can: A systematic review of global trends in online alcohol treatment utilization among non-veteran and veteran women.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Review
- Randomized controlled trial of online interventions for co-occurring depression and hazardous alcohol consumption: Primary outcome results.Internet interventions · 2021Article
- An integrative review of personalized feedback interventions for pain and alcohol.Current opinion in psychology · 2019Review
- Outcomes of two randomized controlled trials, employing participants recruited through Mechanical Turk, of Internet interventions targeting unhealthy alcohol use.BMC medical research methodology · 2019Article
- The Efficacy of a Web-Based Screening and Brief Intervention for Reducing Alcohol Consumption Among Japanese Problem Drinkers: Protocol for a Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
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- Using Mechanical Turk to recruit participants for internet intervention research: experience from recruitment for four trials targeting hazardous alcohol consumption.BMC medical research methodology · 2017Article
- Can Amazon's Mechanical Turk be used to recruit participants for internet intervention trials? A pilot study involving a randomized controlled trial of a brief online intervention for hazardous alcohol use.Internet interventions · 2017Article
- Editorial on IJBM Special Issue-E-Health Interventions for Addictive Behaviors.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2017Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
purposeBrief Internet interventions have been shown to reduce alcohol consumption. This trial intended to compare the effects of one such brief intervention to an extended Internet intervention for problem drinkers.
methodUsing online advertising, 490 participants, 18 years or older, were recruited and randomized to receive a brief ( CheckYourDrinking.net ) versus an extended ( AlcoholHelpCentre.net ) Internet intervention and were followed up at 6, 12, and 24 months. The per protocol primary analysis assessed difference between condition at the 12-month follow-up.
resultsThe follow-up rate at 12 months was 83.3 %. ANCOVAs of the primary (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)-C) and secondary outcome variables (drinks in a typical week, highest number of drinks on one occasion-baseline drinking as covariate) revealed no significant (p > 0.05) differences between the interventions. Similarly, combined analyses of the 6-, 12-, and 24-month follow-up revealed no significant differences between interventions at all time points.
conclusionThe present study does not provide support for the added benefit of an extended Internet intervention for problem drinkers over a brief Internet intervention.
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