%0 Journal Article
%T Brief intervention for hazardous drinking delivered using text messaging: a pilot randomised controlled trial from Goa, India
%J Public health nutrition
%D 2022
%A Nadkarni, Abhijit
%A Fernandes, Danielle
%A Bhatia, Urvita
%A Velleman, Richard
%A D'Souza, Ethel
%A D'souza, Joseline
%A Marimilha Pacheco, Grace
%A Sambari, Seema
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a mobile-based brief intervention (BI), generate preliminary estimates of the impact of the BI and fine-tune the procedures for a definitive randomised controlled trial. <br><br>DESIGN: Parallel three-arm single-blind individually randomised controlled pilot trial. Eligible and consenting participants were randomised to receive mobile-based BI, face-to-face BI and information leaflet. SETTING: Educational institutions, workplaces and primary care centres. PARTICIPANTS: Adult hazardous drinkers. <br><br>RESULTS: Seventy-four participants were randomised into the three trial arms; forty-eight (64·9 %) completed outcome evaluation. There were no significant differences between the three arms on change in any of the drinking outcomes. There were however in two-way comparisons. Face-to-face BI and mobile BI were superior to active control for percent days heavy drinking at follow-up, and mobile BI was superior to active control for mean grams ethanol consumed per week at follow-up. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The encouraging findings about feasibility and preliminary impact warrant a definitive trial of our intervention and if found to be effective, our intervention could be a potentially scalable first-line response to hazardous drinking in low-resource settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Cambridge University Press
%@ 1368-9800
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022000313