SynthesisAddiction (Abingdon, England)2022
Effects of brief substance use interventions delivered in general medical settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07118826 (Evaluation and Refinement of a Trauma-Informed and Peer Supported Mobile Brief Intervention for Young Adult Substance Users With Interpersonal Trauma), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluation and Refinement of a Trauma-Informed and Peer Supported Mobile Brief Intervention for Young Adult Substance Users With Interpersonal Trauma
Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.
- Brief Drug Interventions Delivered in General Medical Settings: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cannabis Use Outcomes.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Pooled it
- Investigating for Whom Brief Substance Use Interventions Are Most Effective: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Pooled it
- Feasibility and acceptability of a trauma-informed and peer-supported digital brief intervention for heavy-drinking emerging adults with interpersonal trauma.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Trial
- Four-Year Effects of a Computer-Based Brief Alcohol Intervention Targeting Alcohol Users in the General Population: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Use of an Automated Bilingual Digital Health Tool to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Latino Emergency Department Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- A randomized pilot trial of a mobile phone-based brief intervention with personalized feedback and interactive text messaging to reduce driving after cannabis use and riding with a cannabis impaired driver.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Trial
- Effect of a Peer-Led Behavioral Intervention for Emergency Department Patients at High Risk of Fatal Opioid Overdose: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- The effectiveness of psychological interventions delivered by health professionals for adult cannabis use in community settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Trajectories of alcohol screening and brief intervention (ASBI) performance and their associations with long-term performance and alcohol use outcomes: an observational study in a large US integrated healthcare delivery system.Implementation science communications · 2025Article
- Factors associated with alcohol screening and brief interventions: a cross-sectional study of cardiology clinicians in Sweden.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Greater readiness to cut down on drinking behaviors increases effects of a digital behavioral health intervention tool in reducing unhealthy alcohol use among Latino emergency department patients.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Article
- Bacterial and fungal infections in persons who inject drugs.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Questionable generalizability of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption scoring warrants caution when used for outcome monitoring: Evidence from simulated and real-world trial data.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Task sharing and teamwork: clinician preferences for alcohol screening and brief interventions in cardiology.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Hazardous alcohol use: a cross-sectional study of cardiology patients in Sweden.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Alcohol use as a modifiable risk factor in cardiology: A qualitative study of patient perspectives in Sweden.PloS one · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of the guided self-change intervention for reducing alcohol use in adolescents with and without history of cannabis use.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Technology-based substance use interventions for emerging adults and college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2024Article
- Standard Versus Family-Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Adolescent Substance Use in Primary Care: Protocol for a Multisite Randomized Effectiveness Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- A scoping review of substance use brief interventions in Africa.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
aimsTo estimate effects of brief substance use interventions delivered in general medical settings.
methodsA systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials conducted since 1990 of brief substance use interventions in patients of any age or severity level recruited in general medical settings. Primary outcomes were any measure of substance use or substance-related consequences (indexed with Hedges' g and risk ratios). Mixed-effects meta-regressions were used to estimate overall effects and predictors of effect variability. Analyses were conducted separately by brief intervention (BI) target substance: alcohol only or drugs.
findingsA total of 116 trials (64 439 participants) were identified; 111 (62 263 participants) provided effect size data and were included in the meta-analysis. Drug-targeted BIs yielded significant small improvements in multiple drug/mixed substance use (Hedges' g
conclusionsWhen delivered in general medical settings, alcohol-targeted brief interventions may produce small beneficial reductions in drinking (equivalent to a reduction in 1 drinking day per month). There is limited evidence regarding the effects of drug-targeted brief interventions on drug use.
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