Mobile phone brief intervention applications for risky alcohol use among university students: A randomized controlled study

Addiction Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gajecki, Mikael ^a   Berman, Anne H ^a,b   Sinadinovic, Kristina ^a,b   Rosendahl, Ingvar ^a   Andersson, Claes ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Center for Dependency Disorders   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Brief intervention; College; eHealth; mHealth; Mobile phone; Problem drinking; Randomized controlled trial; Smartphone; University

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CELLULAR PHONE; COUNSELING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SELF CARE; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS; SWEDEN; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907739367     PISSN: 19400632     EISSN: 19400640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1940-0640-9-11     Document Type: Article

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