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Current Addiction Reports
Published in: Current Addiction Reports 2/2016

Open Access 01-06-2016 | Adolescent Substance Abuse (T Chung, Section Editor)

Mobile Interventions Targeting Risky Drinking Among University Students: A Review

Authors: Anne H. Berman, Mikael Gajecki, Kristina Sinadinovic, Claes Andersson

Published in: Current Addiction Reports | Issue 2/2016

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Abstract

Mobile interventions based on text messages, automated telephone programs (interactive voice response (IVR)), and smartphone apps offer a new approach targeting hazardous alcohol use in university students. This review covers seven recent studies involving college or university students that evaluated intervention efficacy in comparison to controls: four using text messages, one using IVR, and two smartphone apps. Only the study evaluating IVR reported positive results for the primary outcome. Two of the text message studies reported positive results on secondary outcomes, while the other two reported no differences in comparison to control groups. For smartphone apps, one study reported positive results on secondary outcomes, while the other showed no differences in comparison to controls for a web-based app and negative results for a native app. Further development of mobile interventions is needed for this at-risk population, both in terms of intervention content and use of robust research designs.
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Metadata
Title
Mobile Interventions Targeting Risky Drinking Among University Students: A Review
Authors
Anne H. Berman
Mikael Gajecki
Kristina Sinadinovic
Claes Andersson
Publication date
01-06-2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Current Addiction Reports / Issue 2/2016
Electronic ISSN: 2196-2952
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-016-0099-6

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