Twelve-month follow-up results from a randomized controlled trial of a brief personalized feedback intervention for problem drinkers.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To examine the impact of a web-based personalized feedback intervention, the Check Your Drinking (CYD; www.CheckYourDrinking.net) screener at 12-month follow-up.

Methods

Respondents (N = 185) were recruited from a general population telephone survey of Ontario, Canadian adults (> or =18 years) by asking risky drinkers if they were willing to help develop and evaluate Internet-based interventions for drinkers. Those randomly assigned to the intervention condition were provided with the web address and a unique password to a study-specific copy of the CYD. Respondents assigned to the control condition were sent a written description of the different components of the CYD and asked how useful they thought each of the components might be. Respondents were followed up at 3,

SUBMITTER: Cunningham JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2857148 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature