Upon discharge from one of three residential treatment facilities, 349 patients were randomized to receive A-CHESS (or were placed in the control group). During the 8-month long intervention, and 4-month long follow-up period, participants receiving A-CHESS reported significantly fewer drinking days than participants randomized to the control condition.
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Subsidiary analyses revealed a dose response effect such that number of risky drinking days was associated with number of pages viewed in A-CHESS and number of days the participant used A-CHESS. Number of services used through A-CHESS was not associated with number of risky drinking days.
CITATIONS
Gustafson DH, McTavish FM, Chih M, Atwood AK, Johnson RA, Boyle MG, Levy MS, Driscoll H, Chisholm SM, Dillenburg L, Isham A, Shah D (2014). A Smartphone Application to Support Recovery from Alcoholism: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online March 26, 2014.