Efficacy of a web- and text messaging-based intervention to reduce problem drinking in young people: Study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Haug, Severin ^a   Kowatsch, Tobias ^b   Castro, Raquel Paz ^a   Filler, Andreas ^c,d   Schaub, Michael P ^a  

^a Institut fur Sucht und Gesundheitsforschung Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d TRIER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Internet; Problem drinking; Social norms; Students; Text messaging; Web; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SWITZERLAND; TEXT MESSAGING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CELL PHONES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; SWITZERLAND; TEXT MESSAGING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906546943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-809     Document Type: Article

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