Alcooquizz

Description:

Users are provided with normative feedback in a number of areas.  Firstly, age-based normative feedback is given, indicating the percentage of people of the same age drinking at the same level, both for weekly consumption and binge drinking frequency. Users are also given feeback relating to a) consequences for their body and mind, people around them, professional activities, and violence/accidents, b) caloric value of users' consumption, in the form of number of hamburgers or chocolate bars, is given, c) computed blood-alcohol concentration for reported maximum number of drinks, d) level of risk given reported consumption, and e) recommendations for low-risk drinking habits.

Service URL:

http://www.alcooquizz.ch/

Agency Responsible:

le CHUV (Hospital of canton Vaudois), Switzerland.

Details

Format:

Website.

Intervention Type:

Other. normative feedback

Course Length:

Short (less than 1 module or equivalent).

Support Option:

No support.

Target Audience

Primary Category:

Alcohol.

Target Audiences:

Adult and Young Adult.

Languages:

French and German.

Access

Fee:

Free.

Access:

Open: No registration required.

Contact Details:

Alcooquizz@chuv.ch

Research evidence

Research Trials:

1

Research RCTs:

1

Outcome Summary:

A 2015 randomised controlled trial, comparing the Alcooquizz website to an assessment-only control, indicated that intervention participants showed a significantly greater reduction in drinks per week 6 months after the intervention (IRR = 0.86), along with a significant treatment effect on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (IRR = 0.93). No differences were found between intervention and control in terms of occasions of binge drinking, nor was there a treatment effect found for number of alcohol-related consequences at 6 months.

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Research paper citations

Bertholet, N., et al. (2015). "Internet-based brief intervention for young men with unhealthy alcohol use: a randomized controlled trial in a general population sample." Addiction 110(11): 1735-1743.