Web-Based Self-Help for Problematic Alcohol Use: a Large Naturalistic Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This observational study examined user characteristics, intervention use patterns, and variables associated with reductions in alcohol consumption for anonymous Internet help-seekers using a Web-based self-help program.

Method

A Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program with eight modules delivered over 10 weeks was offered to participants with at least hazardous use of alcohol according to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) (n = 4165). At baseline and 10-week follow-up, participants completed the Timeline-followback (TLFB), AUDIT, Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), EuroQol-5 dimension (EQ-5D), World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale-abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF), Rea

SUBMITTER: Johansson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5608863 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature