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Brief physician advice for heavy drinking college students: a randomized controlled trial in college health clinics

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Fleming, Michael F., Balousek, Stacey L., Grossberg, Paul M., Mundt, Marlon P., Brown, David, Wiegel, Jennifer R., Zakletskaia, Larissa I., Saewyc, Elizabeth M.·2010·Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
DOI 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.23PMC PMC2815058
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of brief physician advice in reducing alcohol use and related harm in college students. METHOD: The College Health Intervention Projects (CHIPs) is a randomized, controlled clinical trial with 12-month follow-up conducted in five college health clinics in Wisconsin; Washington state; and Vancouver, Canada. Of the 12,900 students screened for high-risk drinking, 484 men and 502 women met inclusion criteria and were randomized into a control (n = 493) or intervention (n = 493) group. Ninety-six percent of students participated in the follow-up procedures. The intervention consisted of two 15-minute counseling visits and two follow-up phone calls, and used motivational interviewing, contracting, diary cards, and take-home exercises. RESULTS: No significant differences were found between groups at baseline on alcohol use, age, socioeconomic or smoking status, rates of depression, or measures of alcohol-related harm. At 12 months, the experimental subjects reduced their 28-day drinking totals by 27.2%, and the control group reduced their totals by 21%. A mixed effects repeated measures model found a statistical difference in favor of the brief-intervention group (beta = 4.7, SE = 2.0, p = .018) in 28-day drinking totals. The total Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index score was also significantly different during the 12-month follow-up period (beta = 0.8, SE = 0.4, p = .033). There was no difference on the other outcome measures of interest, such as frequency of excessive heavy drinking, health care utilization, injuries, drunk driving, depression, or tobacco use. CONCLUSIONS: The study supports resource allocation and implementation of alcohol screening and brief physician advice in primary care-based college health clinics.

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  • Three trials in the primary meta-analysis (1638 participants) recruited only adolescents or young adults.

    “Three trials in the primary meta-analysis (1638 participants) recruited only adolescents or young adults (defined as maximum 21 years, 24 years and 25 years in Bernstein 2010; Fleming 2010; Schaus 2009, respectively).”

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    The Study population section identifies this as a college-student trial, and Patient characteristics reports a mean age of 21. But the eligibility criteria set a minimum age of 18 and give no maximum age of 24, so the claimed age limit for Fleming 2010 is not supported. This paper also does not establish the meta-analysis’s three-trial count or pooled total of 1,638 participants. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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Fleming, M. F., Balousek, S. L., Grossberg, P. M., Mundt, M. P., Brown, D., Wiegel, J. R., Zakletskaia, L. I., & Saewyc, E. M.
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Publisher
Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc.
Published
2010-01
Volume
71
Issue
1
Pages
23-31
ISSN
  • 1937-1888 (ISSN-L)
  • 1938-4114
DOI
10.15288/jsad.2010.71.23
PMC
PMC2815058
OpenAlex
W2075593865
Semantic Scholar
a91e218260cf743904119986450a20125f46591e
Cited by
83
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2022: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 14
FWCI
8.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • University of Washington
  • Child and Family Research Institute
  • Michael Smith Health Research BC
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CPP86374, 86374)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA014685)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Keywords
university students, heavy drinking, alcohol consumption reduction, motivational interviewing, contracting, alcohol screening, alcohol-related harm
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Alcohol Drinking, Counseling, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Patient Education as Topic, Physician-Patient Relations, Physician's Role, Primary Health Care, Student Health Services, Universities, Young Adult

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