Brief motivational interventions for college student drinking may not be as powerful as we think: an individual participant-level data meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For over 2 decades, brief motivational interventions (BMIs) have been implemented on college campuses to reduce heavy drinking and related negative consequences. Such interventions include in-person motivational interviews (MIs), often incorporating personalized feedback (PF), and stand-alone PF interventions delivered via mail, computer, or the Web. Both narrative and meta-analytic reviews using aggregate data from published studies suggest at least short-term efficacy of BMIs, although overall effect sizes have been small.

Methods

This study was an individual participant-level data (IPD) meta-analysis of 17 randomized clinical trials evaluating BMIs. Unlike typical meta-analysis based on summary data, IPD meta-analysis allows for an analysis that correctly accom

SUBMITTER: Huh D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4502982 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature