| Title |
A feasibility study of short message service text messaging as a surveillance tool for alcohol consumption and vehicle for interventions in university students
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1011 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Simon C Moore, Katherine Crompton, Stephanie van Goozen, Marianne van den Bree, Julia Bunney, Emma Lydall |
| Abstract |
Practitioners who come into contact with the intoxicated, such as those in unscheduled care, often have limited resources to provide structured interventions. There is therefore a need for cost-effective alcohol interventions requiring minimal input. This study assesses the barriers, acceptability and validity of text messaging to collect daily alcohol consumption data and explores the feasibility of a text-delivered intervention in an exploratory randomised controlled trial. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 17% |
| Unknown | 6 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 163 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 18% |
| Researcher | 25 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 24 | 15% |
| Unknown | 37 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 40 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 18 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 10% |
| Unknown | 40 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
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