{"id":963,"date":"2005-07-01T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-01T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jaydub.cms-devl.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/2005\/01\/01\/computerized-brief-intervention-decreases-drinking-and-consequences\/"},"modified":"2017-01-31T11:47:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T16:47:13","slug":"computerized-brief-intervention-decreases-drinking-and-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/2005\/07\/01\/computerized-brief-intervention-decreases-drinking-and-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Computerized   Brief Intervention Decreases Drinking and Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"research-summary-body\">\n                    <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"contents\" -->  <\/p>\n<p>Time<br \/>\n  and labor constraints on clinicians have spurred the search<br \/>\n  for innovative methods to deliver personalized feedback<br \/>\n  on unhealthy drinking behavior. One such innovation is<br \/>\n  computer-based brief intervention (BI). To assess the<br \/>\n  efficacy of computer-based BI to reduce unhealthy alcohol<br \/>\n  use, researchers conducted a randomized trial of 61 problem<br \/>\n  drinkers (AUDIT* &gt;=8) who were not in alcohol treatment<br \/>\n  and were recruited through newspaper advertising. Subjects<br \/>\n  were assigned to receive a computer-based BI** either<br \/>\n  shortly after study entry (i.e., intervention group) or<br \/>\n  at least 4 weeks after entry (i.e., control group). <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At baseline, both groups<br \/>\n  averaged about 5.6 drinks per day. <\/li>\n<li>At 4 weeks, the intervention<br \/>\n  group had significantly greater reductions in their<br \/>\n  average drinks per day than did the control group (changes<br \/>\n  from baseline of -3 drinks and -1.5 drinks, respectively).\n  <\/li>\n<li>This reduction persisted<br \/>\n  for the intervention group at 12 months. <\/li>\n<li>The intervention group<br \/>\n  also significantly improved from baseline on a number<br \/>\n  of other drinking measures (e.g., alcohol consequences,<br \/>\n  readiness to change).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><\/p>\n<div class=\"research-summary-footnotes-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"footnotes-1\" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"research-summary-comments\">Comments:<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"comments\" -->  <\/p>\n<p>It<br \/>\n  seems inevitable that computers will play an ever-larger<br \/>\n  role in clinical assessment, intervention, and monitoring<br \/>\n  for a whole host of disorders. This study adds to a growing<br \/>\n  body of research that supports the effectiveness of individualized,<br \/>\n  nonthreatening feedback\u2014whether by a human or machine\u2014about<br \/>\n  drinking. <\/p>\n<p>  <!-- InstanceEndEditable --><br \/>\n                    <cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"name\" --><br \/>\nPeter D. Friedmann, MD, MPH  <!-- InstanceEndEditable --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/cite><\/p>\n<div class=\"research-summary-footnotes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"footnotes\" --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t*Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t**An online version is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drinkerscheckup.com\/\">www.drinkerscheckup.com <\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h2>Reference:<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"reference\" -->  <\/p>\n<p>Hester<br \/>\n  RK, Squires DD, Delaney HD. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_aset=V-WA-A-W-A-MsSAYVA-UUW-U-AAWWZCBZAC-AAWUWBVVAC-WUUVYYBYV-A-U&amp;_rdoc=1&amp;_fmt=summary&amp;_udi=B6T90-4FPYB75-C&amp;_coverDate=03\/31\/2005&amp;_cdi=5100&amp;_orig=search&amp;_st=13&amp;_sort=d&amp;view=c&amp;_acct=C000050221&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=10&amp;md5=53d5e42e8c04641392b2a838549f444f\" target=\"_blank\">The Drinker&#8217;s Check-up: 12-month<br \/>\n  outcomes of a controlled clinical trial of a stand-alone<br \/>\n  software program for problem drinkers.<\/a> <em> J Subst Abuse<br \/>\n  Treat<\/em>. 2005;28:159-169. <\/p>\n<p>  <!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time and labor constraints on clinicians have spurred the search for innovative methods to deliver personalized feedback on unhealthy drinking behavior. One such innovation is computer-based brief intervention (BI). To assess the efficacy of computer-based BI to reduce unhealthy alcohol use, researchers conducted a randomized trial of 61 problem drinkers (AUDIT* &gt;=8) who were not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11272,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3099,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions\/3099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}