ReviewCurrent addiction reports2018
Brief Interventions in Primary Care: an Evidence Overview of Practitioner and Digital Intervention Programmes.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions for pregnant women: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Pooled it
- Influences on the Uptake of and Engagement With Health and Well-Being Smartphone Apps: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a health technician-delivered brief intervention for alcohol: a Bayesian reanalysis of a clinical trial.BMC research notes · 2022Trial
- The Effectiveness of a Web-Based Self-Help Program to Reduce Alcohol Use Among Adults With Drinking Patterns Considered Harmful, Hazardous, or Suggestive of Dependence in Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
- The short-term impact on economic outcomes of SBIRT interventions implemented in reproductive health care settings.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Trial
- Preoperative behavioural intervention to reduce drinking before elective orthopaedic surgery: the PRE-OP BIRDS feasibility RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
- Testing the efficacy of motivational strategies, empathic reflections, and lifelike features in a computerized intervention for alcohol use: A factorial trial.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2019Trial
- The effect of health behaviour interventions on alcohol consumption among people living with cancer: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Review
- Identifying Behavior Change Techniques for Digital Interventions Addressing Alcohol and Tobacco Co-Use: Findings From a Delphi Consensus Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Reducing alcohol consumption in UK armed forces veterans: Feasibility of using personalized push notifications with AI.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Application of the ant colony optimization algorithm for the construction of a short version of the German alcohol decisional balance scale.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Trends in motives for attempts to reduce alcohol consumption among risky adult drinkers in England: A representative population survey, 2017-2024.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Article
- The acceptability of alcohol screening and brief intervention for older adults in community venues.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- State of the Science: Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Prolonged Grief Disorder.Behavior therapy · 2024Review
- Factors associated with intention to implement SBI and SUD treatment: a survey of primary care clinicians in Texas enrolled in an online course.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- A scoping review of substance use brief interventions in Africa.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Digital interventions targeting excessive substance use and substance use disorders: a comprehensive and systematic scoping review and bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- A mobile phone intervention to reduce heavy drinking: a preliminary analysis of anchoring heuristics.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Unhealthy alcohol use and brief intervention rates among high and low complexity veterans seeking primary care services in the Veterans Health Administration.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Article
- Implementation of non-pharmacological interventions for the treatment of hypertension in primary care: a narrative review of effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, barriers, and facilitators.BMC primary care · 2022Review
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Abstract
purpose of the reviewExcessive drinking is a major public health problem that adversely affects all parts of the population. Previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses have reported that brief interventions delivered in primary care are effective at reducing alcohol consumption, albeit with small effect sizes that have decreased over time. This review summarises the updated evidence base on practitioner and digitally delivered brief interventions. RECENT
findingsUsing Cochrane methodology, 69 primary care brief intervention trials (33,642 participants) and 57 digital intervention trials (34,390 participants) were identified. Meta-analyses showed both approaches significantly reduced consumption compared to controls. Five trials (390 participants) compared practitioner-delivered and digital interventions directly with no evidence of difference in outcomes at follow-up. SUMMARY: Brief interventions have the potential to impact at both individual and population levels. Future research should focus on optimising components and delivery mechanisms, and on alcohol-related harms. Digital interventions may overcome some of the implementation barriers faced by practitioner-delivered interventions.
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