A Systematic Review of Digital and Computer-Based Alcohol Intervention Programs in Primary Care.

CONCLUSION: This is the first systematic review of digital or computer-based alcohol intervention programs used by primary care patients. Although the number of trials in this area of research is relatively small, their findings indicate effectiveness in reducing alcohol consumption as well as drinking related consequences. Extended interventions which offer additional opportunities to monitor drinking over time appear no more effective than single occasion brief interventions. These findings suggest that digital and computer-based interventions in primary care may have the potential to increase alcohol intervention activities in the general population at a relatively low cost and low burden on practitioners. PMID: 26373848 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Drug Abuse Reviews - Category: Addiction Tags: Curr Drug Abuse Rev Source Type: research