Automated telephone interventions for problematic alcohol use in clinical and population samples: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The primary objective was to evaluate 6-month outcomes for brief and extensive automated telephony interventions targeting problematic alcohol use, in comparison to an assessment-only control group. The secondary objective was to compare levels of problematic alcohol use (hazardous, harmful or probable dependence), gender and age among study participants from clinical psychiatric and addiction outpatient settings and from population-based telephone helpline users and Internet help-seeker samples.

Results

The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was used for screening of problematic alcohol use and 6-month follow-up assessment. A total of 248 of help-seekers with at least hazardous use (AUDIT scores of ≥ 6/≥ 8 for women/men) were recruited from clinical

SUBMITTER: Andersson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5704400 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature