Trial reportInternational journal of behavioral medicine2017
Skills Training via Smartphone App for University Students with Excessive Alcohol Consumption: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
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. It is linked to trial NCT02064998 (Brief Alcohol Interventions With Mobile Phone Applications for University Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Brief Alcohol Interventions With Mobile Phone Applications for University Students: Interventions Targeting Differing Risk Levels in Two Consecutive Randomized Controlled Trials
Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 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
- A sex- and gender-based analysis of alcohol treatment intervention research involving youth: A methodological systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Inventory and Analysis of Controlled Trials of Mobile Phone Applications Targeting Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Mobile App-Based Psychological Interventions for College Students: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Mobile Apps to Reduce Tobacco, Alcohol, and Illicit Drug Use: Systematic Review of the First Decade.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Measures of Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Quality of Telemedicine in the Management of Alcohol Abuse, Addiction, and Rehabilitation: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Technology-Delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Use: A Meta-Analysis.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2019Pooled 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
- App-based skills training to reduce problem drinking among adult internet help-seekers: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Trial
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- Effectiveness of WeChat for Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding in Huzhu County China: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Delivering Personalized Protective Behavioral Drinking Strategies via a Smartphone Intervention: a Pilot Study.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Trial
- Automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples: a randomized controlled trial.BMC research notes · 2017Trial
- Exploratory analysis of blood alcohol concentration-related technology use and drinking outcomes among young adults.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Alcohol Feedback, Reflection, and Morning Evaluation (A-FRAME): Refining and testing feasibility and acceptability of a smartphone-delivered alcohol intervention for heavy-drinking young adults.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Therapeutic Content of Mobile Phone Applications for Substance Use Disorders: An Umbrella Review.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2024Article
- A smartphone application to reduce problematic drinking: a feasibility trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 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
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Abstract
purposeUniversity students in a study on estimated blood alcohol concentration (eBAC) feedback apps were offered participation in a second study, if reporting continued excessive consumption at 6-week follow-up. This study evaluated the effects on excessive alcohol consumption of offering access to an additional skills training app.
methodA total of 186 students with excessive alcohol consumption were randomized to an intervention group or a wait list group. Both groups completed online follow-ups regarding alcohol consumption after 6 and 12 weeks. Wait list participants were given access to the intervention at 6-week follow-up. Assessment-only controls (n = 144) with excessive alcohol consumption from the ongoing study were used for comparison.
resultsThe proportion of participants with excessive alcohol consumption declined in both intervention and wait list groups compared to controls at first (p < 0.001) and second follow-ups (p = 0.054). Secondary analyses showed reductions for the intervention group in quantity of drinking at first follow-up (-4.76, 95% CI [-6.67, -2.85], Z = -2.09, p = 0.037) and in frequency of drinking at both follow-ups (-0.83, 95% CI [-1.14, -0.52], Z = -2.04, p = 0.041; -0.89, 95% CI [-1.16, -0.62], Z = -2.12, p = 0.034). The odds ratio for not having excessive alcohol consumption among men in the intervention group compared to male controls was 2.68, 95% CI [1.37, 5.25] (Z = 2.88, p = 0.004); the figure for women was 1.71, 95% CI [1.11, 2.64] (Z = 2.41, p = 0.016).
conclusionSkills training apps have potential for reducing excessive alcohol use among university students. Future research is still needed to disentangle effects of app use from emailed feedback on excessive alcohol consumption and study participation.
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