Vivian M. Gonzalez|Patrick Dulin
Comparison of a smartphone app for alcohol use disorders with an Internet-based intervention plus bibliotherapy: A pilot study.
date research evaluated efficacy standalone smartphonebased intervention individuals alcohol use disorder current pilot study evaluated shortterm outcomes smartphonebased intervention alcohol use disorders compared internetbased brief motivational intervention plus bibliotherapyadults 18 45 years old alcohol use disorder received either locationbased monitoring intervention alcohol use disorders lbmia n 28 smartphonebased intervention online drinkers checkup plus bibliotherapy dcu bib n 26 groups compared using timeline followback interview percent days abstinent pda percent heavy drinking days phdd drinks per week dpw baseline 6 weeks introduction interventionsmultilevel models revealed lbmia resulted significant increase pda course study whereas dcu bib effect sizes change baseline pda suggest dcu bib resulted moderate decrease whereas lbmia resulted large increase pda interventions resulted significant decreases phdd dpw lbmia produced larger reductions first 3 4 weeks intervention introduced dcu bib weeks greater lbmia usage participants reported less dpw phddboth interventions resulted significant decreases alcohol use 6week trial promising standalone technologybased intervention systems aimed individuals alcohol use disorder psycinfo database record