Trial reportInternational journal of behavioral medicine2017
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Internet-Based Alcohol Intervention in a Workplace Setting.
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 NCT01931618 (Digital Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Digital Therapy: Evaluation of the Fully Automated Alcohol Intervention "Balance".
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of the efficacy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of workplace-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of problematic substance use.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- More behavioral recommendations produce more change: A meta-analysis of efficacy of multibehavior recommendations to reduce nonmedical substance use.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Pooled 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
- The Web-Based Pain-at-Work Toolkit With Telephone Support for Employees With Chronic or Persistent Pain: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Feasibility Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- AuTomaTed Alcohol Misuse INterventions in a Bariatric Surgery Population: The ATTAIN Bariatric Pilot.The Permanente journal · 2023Article
- What do we know about alcohol internet interventions aimed at employees?-A scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- 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
- The ATTAIN Solution Tested: Initial Pilot Results of an Automated, Web-based Screening Tool for Unhealthy Drinking Behaviors.The Permanente journal · 2021Article
- Unhealthy Drinking Behavior and the ATTAIN Solution: Web-based Automated Alcohol Misuse Interventions.The Permanente journal · 2021Article
- Reading, Conducting, and Developing Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analyses in Psychiatry for Treatment Issues.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Problematic Alcohol Use in a Workplace Setting: Protocol for Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Feasibility and Outcomes.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- Qualitative Interview Studies of Working Mechanisms in Electronic Health: Tools to Enhance Study Quality.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Editorial on IJBM Special Issue-E-Health Interventions for Addictive Behaviors.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2017Article
- The impact of digital health interventions on health-related outcomes in the workplace: A systematic review.Digital healthReview
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a brief and an intensive self-help alcohol intervention and to assess the feasibility of recruiting to such interventions in a workplace setting.
methodEmployees who screened positive for hazardous drinking (n = 85) received online personalized normative feedback and were randomly assigned to one out of two conditions: either they received an e-booklet about the effects of alcohol or they received a self-help intervention comprising 62 web-based, fully automated, and interactive sessions, plus reminder e-mails, and mobile phone text messages (Short Message Service).
resultsTwo months after baseline, the responders in the intensive condition drank an average of five to six drinks less per week compared to the responders in the brief condition (B = 5.68, 95% CI = 0.48-10.87, P = .03). There was no significant difference between conditions, using baseline observation carried forward imputation (B = 2.96, 95% CI = -0.50-6.42, P = .09). Six months after baseline, no significant difference was found, neither based on complete cases nor intent-to-treat (B = 1.07, 95% CI = -1.29-3.44, P = .37). Challenges with recruitment are thoroughly reported.
conclusionThe study supports the feasibility and the safety of use for both brief and intensive Internet-based self-help in an occupational setting. The study may inform future trials, but due to recruitment problems and low statistical power, the findings are inconclusive in terms of the intensive program being more effective than brief intervention alone.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01931618.
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