@article{ref1,
title="Personalized digital interventions showed no impact on risky drinking in young adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial",
journal="Alcohol and alcoholism",
year="2017",
author="Davies, Emma Louise and Lonsdale, Adam J. and Hennelly, Sarah E. and Winstock, Adam R. and Foxcroft, David R.",
volume="52",
number="6",
pages="671-676",
abstract="AIM: To assess the effectiveness of two personalized digital interventions (OneTooMany and Drinks Meter) compared to controls. <br><br>METHOD: Randomized controlled trial (AEARCTR-0,001,082). Volunteers for the study, aged 18-30, were randomly allocated to one of two interventions or one of two control groups and were followed up 4 weeks later. Primary outcomes were AUDIT-C, drinking harms and pre-loading. Drinks Meter provided participants with brief screening and advice for alcohol in addition to normative feedback, information on calories consumed and money spent. OneTooMany presented a series of socially embarrassing scenarios that may occur when drinking, and participants were scored according to if/how recently they had been experienced. <br><br>RESULTS: The study failed to recruit and obtain sufficient follow-up data to reach a prior estimated power for detecting a difference between groups and there was no indication in the analysable sample of 402 subjects of a difference on the primary outcome measures (Drinks Meter; AUDIT-C IRR = 0.98 (0.89-1.09); Pre-loading IRR = 1.01 (0.95-1.07); Harms IRR = 0.97 (0.79-1.20); OneTooMany; AUDIT-C IRR = 0.96 (0.86-1.07); Pre-loading IRR = 0.99 (0.93-1.06); Harms IRR = 1.16 (0.94-1.43). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Further research is needed on the efficacy of such instruments and their ingredients. However, recruitment and follow-up are a challenge.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-0414",
doi="10.1093/alcalc/agx051",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agx051"
}