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ReviewJMIR mHealth and uHealth2018

Mobile Phone Apps for Behavioral Interventions for At-Risk Drinkers in Australia: Literature Review.

Carol C Choo, André A D Burton

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Review in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Smartphone Application in Postgraduate Clinical Psychology Training: Trainees' Perspectives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Carol C Choo *College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7868-5757
André A D BurtonSchool of Psychology, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7410-9565
James Cook University Singapore · SGMurdoch University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe mobile technology era has ushered in the use of mobile phone apps for behavioral intervention for at-risk drinkers.

objectiveOur objective was to review recent research relevant to mobile phone apps that can be used for behavioral intervention for at-risk drinkers in Australia.

methodsThe inclusion criteria for this review were articles published in peer-reviewed journals from 2001 to 2017 with use of the search terms "smartphone application," "alcohol," "substance," "behavioural intervention," "electronic health," and "mobile health."

resultsIn total, we identified 103 abstracts, screened 90 articles, and assessed 50 full-text articles that fit the inclusion criteria for eligibility. We included 19 articles in this review.

conclusionsThis review highlighted the paucity of evidence-based and empirically validated research into effective mobile phone apps that can be used for behavioral interventions with at-risk drinkers in Australia.

Indexed as

alcohol drinkingbehavioral interventioneHealthmobile applicationsproblem drinkingreviewrisk reduction behaviorsmartphonetelemedicine

Identifiers

PMID29439946
PMCPMC5829458
OpenAlexW2786232515

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