Effectiveness of guided and unguided low-intensity internet interventions for adult alcohol misuse: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol misuse ranks within the top ten health conditions with the highest global burden of disease. Low-intensity, Internet interventions for curbing adult alcohol misuse have been shown effective. Few meta-analyses have been carried out, however, and they have involved small numbers of studies, lacked indicators of drinking within low risk guidelines, and examined the effectiveness of unguided self-help only. We therefore conducted a more thorough meta-analysis that included both guided and unguided interventions.

Methods

Systematic literature searches were performed up to September 2013. Primary outcome was the mean level of alcohol consumption and drinking within low risk guidelines for alcohol consumption at post-treatment.

Findings

We selected 16 rand

SUBMITTER: Riper H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4061051 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature