Access to a smartphone alcohol intervention app helped university students to cut down their overall alcohol consumption and the number of days they drank heavily, suggests a study published in The BMJ today.
Access to a smartphone alcohol intervention app helped university students to cut down their overall alcohol consumption and the number of days they drank heavily, suggests a study published inUnhealthy drinking is the biggest risk factor to health for 15 to 49-year-olds, and unhealthy use of alcohol is especially prevalent among adult students, prompting the authors to design aThe authors tested the app in 1,770 university students who had screened positive for unhealthy alcohol use when...
Additional gift vouchers were given to all students who completed follow-up questionnaires at three, six, and 12 months. The authors acknowledge some limitations to their research, in particular that its reliance on self-report could have resulted in under-reporting of daily drinking. The randomization method also meant that students in the comparison group might have accessed the app using the phone of a friend in the intervention group or shared their experiences with them.
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