Web-based brief interventions for young adolescent alcohol and drug abusers – a systematic review
- Författare
- Tönnesen, H., Ståhlbrandt, H., & Pedersen, B.
- Titel
- Web-based brief interventions for young adolescent alcohol and drug abusers – a systematic review
- Utgivningsår
- 2013
- Tidskrift
- CLINHP
- Volym
- 3
- Häfte
- 3
- Sidor
- 75-82
- Sammanfattning
Abstract
Background Adolescents' use of alcohol, cannabis and other psychoactive substances has significantly increased in European
countries. Parallel to this web-based screening and brief intervention have been disseminated. An important question is if it is
based on evidence for effect? Therefore, the aim of this review is to evaluate the evidence for effect.
Method A systematic literature search was performed on randomised trials in the following databases: MEDLINE, the Cochrane
Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and EMBASE – supplemented by hand search. The target group of young adolescents
was defined as 16 to 18 years old.
Results Overall, 35 papers were identified as randomised trials on web-based screening and/or intervention concerning alcohol
and drug among young people; however the only identifiable randomised trial to evaluate the young adolescents was a published
protocol describing an ongoing study.
Conclusion Young adolescents might benefit from web-based screening and brief intervention on alcohol and drugs; however
an effects remains to be established in high quality studies.