Trial reportAddiction science & clinical practice2022
Optimizing internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for alcohol misuse-a randomized factorial trial examining effects of a pre-treatment assessment interview and guidance.
Trial report in Addiction science & clinical practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03984786 (Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Alcohol Misuse), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Alcohol Misuse: A Factorial Trial Examining the Effects of Assessment Interview and Guidance
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparative effectiveness of digital versus face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy for alcohol use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Active Components in Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Full Factorial Trial.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2025Trial
- Patient Perspectives on Blended Internet-Based and Face-to-Face Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Internet-delivered therapy for alcohol misuse: engagement, satisfaction, and outcomes when patients select their preference for therapist- or self-guided treatment.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Trial
- Evaluation of additional resources and stories within therapist-assisted internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for alcohol misuse.Internet interventions · 2025Article
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- Digital psychological self-care for problematic alcohol use: feasibility of a new clinical concept.BJPsych open · 2023Article
- The Impacts of a Psychoeducational Alcohol Resource During Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety: Observational Study.JMIR mental health · 2023Article
- Human contact in internet-based interventions for depression: A pre-registered replication and meta-analysis of randomized trials.Internet interventions · 2023Article
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundInternet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) for alcohol misuse has potential to radically improve access to evidence-based care, and there is a need to investigate ways to optimize its delivery in clinical settings. Guidance from a clinician has previously been shown to improve drinking outcomes in ICBT, and some studies suggest that pre-treatment assessments may contribute in initiating early change. The objective of this study was to investigate the added and combined effects of a pre-treatment assessment interview and guidance on the outcomes of ICBT for alcohol misuse delivered in an online therapy clinic.
methodsA 2X2 factorial randomized controlled trial was conducted where participants received access to an 8-week ICBT program, and either a pre-treatment assessment interview (Factor 1), guidance (Factor 2), a combination of these, or neither of these. Participants were 270 individuals (66.8% female, mean age = 46.5) scoring 8 or more on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test and consuming 14 standard drinks or more in the preceding week. Primary outcomes were number of drinks consumed and number of heavy drinking days during the preceding week, 3 months post-treatment.
resultsLarge within-group effects were found in terms of alcohol reductions (d
conclusionsNeither a pre-treatment assessment interview nor guidance from a clinician appears to improve drinking outcomes resulting from internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for alcohol misuse when delivered in a routine online therapy clinic.
trial registrationNCT03984786. Registered 13 June 2019, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03984786.
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