ArticleBJPsych open2023
Digital psychological self-care for problematic alcohol use: feasibility of a new clinical concept.
Article in BJPsych open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05037630 (Feasibility Evaluation of a Self-guided Digital Tool for Problematic Alcohol Use), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Feasibility Evaluation of a Self-guided Digital Tool for Problematic Alcohol Use
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Self-Care in Addiction Recovery: A Scoping Review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- A Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Digital Intervention for Reducing Hazardous Alcohol Use in South Korea: Development and Prospective Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Predictors of Treatment Adherence in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Digital Therapeutics with Pharmacology for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD).Journal of clinical trials · 2025Article
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- Transforming guided internet interventions into simplified and self-guided digital tools - Experiences from three recent projects.Internet interventions · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundDigital interventions based on cognitive-behavioural therapy and relapse prevention can increase treatment access for people with problematic alcohol use, but for these interventions to be cost-effective, clinician workload needs to remain low while ensuring patient adherence and effects. Digital psychological self-care is the provision of a self-guided digital intervention within a structured care process.
aimsTo investigate the feasibility and preliminary effects of digital psychological self-care for reducing alcohol consumption.
methodThirty-six adults with problematic alcohol use received digital psychological self-care during 8 weeks, including telephone assessments as well as filling out self-rated questionnaires, before, directly after and 3 months after the intervention. Intervention adherence, usefulness, credibility and use of clinician time were assessed, along with preliminary effects on alcohol consumption. The study was prospectively registered as a clinical trial (NCT05037630).
resultsMost participants used the intervention daily or several times a week. The digital intervention was regarded as credible and useful, and there were no reported adverse effects. Around 1 h of clinician time per participant was spent on telephone assessments. At the 3-month follow-up, preliminary within-group effects on alcohol consumption were moderate (standardised drinks per week, Hedge's
conclusionsDigital psychological self-care for reducing alcohol consumption appears both feasible and preliminarily effective and should be further optimised and studied in larger trials.
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