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Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine2020

The role of neuropsychological mechanisms in implementation intentions to reduce alcohol consumption among heavy drinkers: a randomized trial.

Elly McGrath, Rebecca Elliott, Tim Millar, Christopher J Armitage

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Elly McGrathFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. elly.mcgrath@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-2328-0079
Rebecca ElliottFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Tim MillarFaculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Christopher J ArmitageDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, Manchester Centre for Health Psychology, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, United Kingdom and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre and NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Funding

Department of HealthMedical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Implementation intention formation, which involves identifying triggers and linking them with coping strategies, has proven effective at reducing alcohol consumption in general populations. For the first time, the present study tested the ability of implementation intentions to reduce alcohol consumption among heavy drinkers and to explore potential neuropsychological mechanisms. At baseline, participants were randomized to form implementation intentions or to an active control group. There was a 5.7 unit (1 unit = 10 ml or 8 g ethanol) per week reduction ([95%CI 0.15, 11.19], p = 0.048) in alcohol consumption at 1 month follow-up among participants who formed implementation intentions, which was significantly more than controls F(1, 91) = 3.95, p = 0.048, a medium effect size (d = 0.47, Cohen, 1992). No significant differences in performance on the neuropsychological tasks were found between groups. The present study demonstrates for the first time that implementation intentions reduce alcohol consumption among heavy drinkers.

Indexed as

IntentionAdultAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholismFemaleHumansMaleAlcoholBehaviour changeHeavy drinkingImplementation intentions

Identifiers

PMID31372864
PMCPMC7366587

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