Behaviour change techniques used in digital interventions to reduce excessive alcohol consumption

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Event Abstract Back to Event Behaviour change techniques used in digital interventions to reduce excessive alcohol consumption David Crane1*, Jamie Brown1, Claire Garnett1, Eileen Kaner2, Fiona Beyer2, Colin Muirhead2, Matthew Hickman3, James Redmore3, Frank De Vocht3 and Susan Michie1 1 UCL, Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology,, United Kingdom 2 Newcastle University, Institute of Health and Society, United Kingdom 3 University of Bristol, School of Social and Community Medicine, United Kingdom Background: Excessive alcohol consumption is a leading contributor to the global burden of disease. A large number of digital interventions have been developed to help people reduce their consumption. Coding interventions to assess the behaviour change techniques (BCTs) they contain may advance understanding of the active ingredients that contribute to intervention effectiveness. Aim: To assess the extent to which BCTs are included in digital interventions to reduce alcohol consumption. Methods: A search of databases including MEDLINE, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Library identified 53 interventions to reduce alcohol consumption evaluated in RCTs. Intervention content was coded for BCTs according to the BCT Taxonomy (v1) using an established method. Results: There were 72 experimental arms in the 53 included studies. The most frequently used BCTs were: ‘Feedback on behaviour’ (70.8%, n=51), ‘Social comparison’ (68.1%, n=49), ‘Feedback on outcomes of behaviour (52.8%, n=38), ‘Social support’ (52.8%, n=38), and ‘Information about social and environmental consequences’ (50.0%, n=36). Of the ninety-three possible BCTs that could have been used, 15 were used in more than 20% of arms, 53 were used at least once and 40 were never used. The mean number of BCTs used was 7.8 (SD=5.6). Conclusions: Digital alcohol interventions have used a broad range of BCTs. However, many BCTs were used infrequently and the evaluations have not been set up to evaluate the effectiveness of individual BCTs or clusters of BCTs. Keywords: BCTS, Alcohol consumption, Digital intervention, meta analysis, Behaviour change techniques Conference: 2nd Behaviour Change Conference: Digital Health and Wellbeing, London, United Kingdom, 24 Feb - 25 Feb, 2016. Presentation Type: Oral presentation Topic: Academic Citation: Crane D, Brown J, Garnett C, Kaner E, Beyer F, Muirhead C, Hickman M, Redmore J, De Vocht F and Michie S (2016). Behaviour change techniques used in digital interventions to reduce excessive alcohol consumption. Front. Public Health. Conference Abstract: 2nd Behaviour Change Conference: Digital Health and Wellbeing. doi: 10.3389/conf.FPUBH.2016.01.00063 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 29 Oct 2015; Published Online: 09 Jan 2016. * Correspondence: Mr. David Crane, UCL, Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology,, London, WC1E 7HB, United Kingdom, david.crane.13@ucl.ac.uk Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers David Crane Jamie Brown Claire Garnett Eileen Kaner Fiona Beyer Colin Muirhead Matthew Hickman James Redmore Frank De Vocht Susan Michie Google David Crane Jamie Brown Claire Garnett Eileen Kaner Fiona Beyer Colin Muirhead Matthew Hickman James Redmore Frank De Vocht Susan Michie Google Scholar David Crane Jamie Brown Claire Garnett Eileen Kaner Fiona Beyer Colin Muirhead Matthew Hickman James Redmore Frank De Vocht Susan Michie PubMed David Crane Jamie Brown Claire Garnett Eileen Kaner Fiona Beyer Colin Muirhead Matthew Hickman James Redmore Frank De Vocht Susan Michie Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.