Web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention for university students: A randomized trial
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| Creator | Horton, Nicholas J. |
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| Creator | Kypri, Kypros |
| Creator | Vater, Tina |
| Creator | Bowe, Steven |
| Creator | Saunders, John B., 1949- |
| Creator | Cunningham, John A. |
| Creator | McCambridge, Jim |
| Title | Web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention for university students: A randomized trial |
| Abstract | Importance--Unhealthy alcohol use is a leading contributor to the global burden of disease, particularly among young people. Systematic reviews suggest efficacy of web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention and call for effectiveness trials in settings where it could be sustainably delivered. Objective--To evaluate a national web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention program. Main Outcomes and Measures--A fully automated 5-month follow-up assessment was conducted that measured 6 primary outcomes: consumption per typical occasion, drinking frequency, volume of alcohol consumed, an academic problems score, and whether participants exceeded medical guidelines for acute harm (binge drinking) and chronic harm (heavy drinking). A Bonferroni-corrected significance threshold of .0083 was used to account for the 6 comparisons and a sensitivity analysis was used to assess possible attrition bias. Conclusions and Relevance--A national web-based alcohol screening and brief intervention program produced no significant reductions in the frequency or overall volume of drinking or academic problems. There remains a possibility of a small reduction in the amount of alcohol consumed per typical drinking occasion. |
| Publication Date | March 26, 2014 |
| Identifier (DOI) | 10.1001/jama.2014.2138 |
| Citation | Kypri, Kypros, et al. "Web-Based Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for University Students: A Randomized Trial" JAMA 311.12 (2014):1218-1224. |
| Languages | English |
| Edition | Author's Final Version |
| Genre | Articles |
| Subject | Biometry |
| Subject | Youth--Alcohol use--Research |
| Subject | Alcoholism--Treatment |
| Part of | The Amherst College Octagon |
| Repository | The Amherst College Octagon |
| Rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license (CC BY NC ND 4.0) |