Reducing substance involvement in college students: A three-arm parallel-group randomized controlled trial of a computer-based intervention

Christoff, Adriana de Oliveira; Boerngen-Lacerda, Roseli

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.01.019

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“…60 In Brazil, an online self-help programme was effective for reducing alcohol consumption among harmful or hazardous users and users with suggested dependence, although programme adherence was low. 61 In another study from Brazil, 62 an online motivational intervention for preventing general substance misuse was as effective at reducing use of alcohol, cannabis, and other drugs as a face-to-face version of the same intervention. A 6 month telephone-based brief motivational intervention from Brazil was effective at promoting cannabis cessation among individuals who completed the programme; however, attrition rates were high.…”

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confidence: 99%

Digital technology for treating and preventing mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries: a narrative review of the literature

Naslund

Aschbrenner

Araya

et al. 2017

The Lancet Psychiatry

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Few individuals living with mental disorders around the globe have access to mental health care, yet most have access to a mobile phone. Digital technology holds promise for improving access to, and quality of, mental health care. We reviewed evidence on the use of mobile, online, and other remote technologies for treatment and prevention of mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries. Of the 49 studies identified, most were preliminary evaluations of feasibility and acceptability. The findings were promising, showing the potential effectiveness of online, text-messaging, and telephone support interventions. We summarised the evaluations as: technology for supporting clinical care and educating health workers, mobile tools for facilitating diagnosis and detection of mental disorders, technologies for promoting treatment adherence and supporting recovery, online self-help programmes for individuals with mental disorders, and programmes for substance misuse prevention and treatment. Continued research is needed to rigorously evaluate effectiveness, assess costs, and carefully consider potential risks of digital technology interventions for mental disorders, while determining how emerging technologies might support the scale-up of mental health treatment and prevention efforts across low-resource settings.

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Digital technology for treating and preventing mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries: a narrative review of the literature

Naslund

Aschbrenner

Araya

et al. 2017

The Lancet Psychiatry

426

298

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“…While the target behaviors in these studies were similar, the populations recruited were quite diverse [e.g., individuals seeking or in treatment [42-45], non-treatment seeking smokers [cannabis, tobacco; 46,47] mothers with a recent history of drug use in an obstetric department [48,49], adolescents presenting to the emergency room with a recent history of violence and drinking [35], college students [39,50,51], criminal offenders [52]).…”

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Technology-delivered adaptations of motivational interviewing for health-related behaviors: A systematic review of the current research

Shingleton

Palfai

2016

Patient Education and Counseling

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Objectives The aims of this paper were to describe and evaluate the methods and efficacy of technology-delivered motivational interviewing interventions (TAMIs), discuss the challenges and opportunities of TAMIs, and provide a framework for future research. Methods We reviewed studies that reported using motivational interviewing (MI) based components delivered via technology and conducted ratings on technology description, comprehensiveness of MI, and study methods. Results The majority of studies were fully-automated and included at least one form of media rich technology to deliver the TAMI. Few studies provided complete descriptions of how MI components were delivered via technology. Of the studies that isolated the TAMI effects, positive changes were reported. Conclusion Researchers have used a range of technologies to deliver TAMIs suggesting feasibility of these methods. However, there are limited data regarding their efficacy, and strategies to deliver relational components remain a challenge. Future research should better characterize the components of TAMIs, empirically test the efficacy of TAMIs with randomized controlled trials, and incorporate fidelity measures. Practice Implications TAMIs are feasible to implement and well accepted. These approaches offer considerable potential to reduce costs, minimize therapist and training burden, and expand the range of clients that may benefit from adaptations of MI.

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“…Similarly, the Haug study in 2017 which used a mobile based intervention found that it improved study participation, retention and improved effectiveness with a statistically significant increase in the life skills and self-management skills, and reduction in the number at risk for alcohol use [32]. However, a study conducted by Christoff-Ade et al in 2015 could not find conclusive evidence of effectiveness of computerbased intervention among college students for reducing substance use [25]. on the use of computer and internet based programs found them to be potentially efficacious methods of delivering drug prevention programs.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Of the remaining 27 studies, 8 studies had a short-term follow up period of one month or less (Schuman et [44,46]. The study by Christoff Ade et al in 2015, which compared the efficacy of 3 different interventions including a computer delivered one, followed its participants for 3 months [25]. The longest study period in this review was 10 years (Terry-McElrath et al, 2011); it evaluated the impact of anti-drug ad exposure and campaign-specific exposure on the attitudes, beliefs and behaviors among youths from 1995-2006 [35].…”

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Consumer Health Information Technology in the Prevention of Substance Abuse: Scoping Review (Preprint)

Pradhan¹,

Park²,

Shaya³

et al. 2018

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Abstract:Background: Addiction is one of the most rapidly growing epidemics that have currently plagued nations around the world. In the US itself, it has cost the government more than $700 billion a year in terms of health care and other associated costs, and it is also associated with dire social, physical and mental consequences. Increasing efforts have been made to tackle this issue at different interventional levels from primary prevention to rehabilitation across the globe. With the rolling in of the digital age, an effort to leverage these consumer health information technologies to combat this rising epidemic has been underway.

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Reducing substance involvement in college students: A three-arm parallel-group randomized controlled trial of a computer-based intervention

Cited by 80 publications

References 34 publications

Digital technology for treating and preventing mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries: a narrative review of the literature

Digital technology for treating and preventing mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries: a narrative review of the literature

Technology-delivered adaptations of motivational interviewing for health-related behaviors: A systematic review of the current research

Consumer Health Information Technology in the Prevention of Substance Abuse: Scoping Review (Preprint)

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