Citation

Bewick BM, West R, Gill J, O'May F, Mulhern B, Barkham M, Hill AJ. J. Med. Internet. Res. 2010; 12(5): e59.

Affiliation

Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom. B.M.Bewick@leeds.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation)

DOI

10.2196/jmir.1461

PMID

21169171

PMCID

PMC3057315

Abstract

Delivering an electronic personalized feedback intervention to students via the Internet can be effective in reducing weekly alcohol consumption. The effect does not appear to differ by educational institution. Our model suggested that monitoring alone is likely to reduce weekly consumption over 24 weeks but that consumption could be further reduced by providing access to a Web-based intervention. Further research is needed to understand the apparent therapeutic effect of monitoring and how this can be utilized to enhance the effectiveness of brief Web-based interventions.

Language: en