Effectiveness of guided and unguided low-intensity internet interventions for adult alcohol misuse: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Riper, Heleen ^a,b   Blankers, Matthijs ^a,c,d   Hadiwijaya, Hana ^a,i   Cunningham, John ^e,f   Clarke, Stella ^g   Wiers, Reinout ^a   Ebert, David ^b,h   Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c Arkin Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^g NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

^h PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERNET INTERVENTION; LOW RISK POPULATION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; ALCOHOLISM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903291844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099912     Document Type: Article

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