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Providing personalized assessment feedback for problem drinking on the internet: a Pilot Project

Cunningham, J A, Humphreys, K, Koski-Jännes, A·2000·Journal of Studies on Alcohol
DOI 10.15288/jsa.2000.61.794
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OBJECTIVE: This project developed an Internet program that conducts a brief assessment of an individual's drinking habits and then provides normative feedback comparing the user's drinking to that of others of the same gender and age group. The Internet program, "Try Our Free Drinking Evaluation," was based at the Addiction Research Foundation Internet web site (now at http://notes.camh.net/efeed.nsf/ newform). METHOD: A voluntary survey linked to the participant's feedback summary collected respondents' impressions of the program. RESULTS: During the trial period, the site received approximately 500 hits per month. While the feedback was generally well received, the weekly summary format was less credible to those individuals who drink less than once per week or whose consumption varies a great deal over time. CONCLUSIONS: Given these pilot results indicating that there is an audience for Internet-based interventions, the next step is to evaluate whether receiving such personalized feedback materials on the Internet leads to any change in drinking behavior by participants

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  • In general, the process feedback provided was positive in terms of the usefulness of the site: 57% of participants reported that the websites were interesting, 61% accurate in feedback, 80% helpful, and 20%-56% useful.

    “In general, the process feedback provided was positive in terms of the usefulness of the site: 57% of participants reported that the websites were interesting (Westrup et al., 2003), 61% accurate in feedback (Cunningham et al.,2000), 80% helpful (Linke et al., 2004) and 20%-56% useful (Bendsten et al., 2006; Cunningham et al., 2000).”

    From The effectiveness of web-based interventions designed to decrease alcohol consumption–a systematic review (2008) · cites this paper as Cunningham et al.,2000

  • Other studies reported that between 50% and 80% of participants had no prior professional help for problem drinking at assessment.

    “which have reported the 50-80% of participants had never had professional help for their problem drinking before the study assessment [10,24,65].”

    From Web‐based self‐help for problem drinkers: a pragmatic randomized trial (2008) · cites this paper as [24]

  • Web-based self-help programs exist for problem drinkers.

    “Such web-based self-help interventions have also been developed for problem drinkers [24,25], and although studies of an evaluative nature have shown promising results [26][27][28] only a few randomized controlled trials of such interventions are now available.”

    From Web‐based self‐help for problem drinkers: a pragmatic randomized trial (2008) · cites this paper as [24]

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Authors
Cunningham, J. A., Humphreys, K., & Koski-Jännes, A.
Affiliations
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
  • Addiction Research Foundation Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, & University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. John_Cunningham@camh.net
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Studies on Alcohol
Publisher
Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc.
Published
2000-11
Volume
61
Issue
6
Pages
794-798
ISSN
  • 0096-882X (ISSN-L)
  • 1934-2683
DOI
10.15288/jsa.2000.61.794
OpenAlex
W1964535211
Cited by
101
References
19
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 9
FWCI
3.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r21aa011700-02)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (AA11700-01)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
Keywords
problem drinking, alcohol consumption assessment, personalized feedback, normative feedback, online intervention, brief screening, feedback credibility, drinking behavior change
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Alcoholism, Feedback, Female, Health Education, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Assessment, Risk Factors, Program Evaluation, Internet

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