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Preventing Excessive Alcohol Consumption: Electronic Screening and Brief Intervention (e-SBI)

Search Strategy

A research librarian searched for published studies in the following databases: CINAHL; Dissertation Abstracts; EconLit; Embase; ERIC; Medline; NTIS (National Technical Information Service); PsycINFO; Social Services Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts; and Web of Science. Additional studies were identified via suggestions from subject matter experts and hand-searches of reference lists.

Studies were included if they:

  • Were primary research published in a journal, dissertation, or a technical or government report
  • Were published in English
  • Assessed an intervention implemented in a high-income country
  • Met minimum quality criteria for study design and execution—study design must be randomized or non-randomized trial
  • Reported outcomes related to alcohol consumption or related harms
  • Evaluated an intervention meeting the definition of e-SBI
  • Were published from 1970 through October 2011.

Database: Medline (OVID); 1249 Results

  1. (alcoholic-drink* or alcoholic-beverage* or alcohol or liquor or drunk or intoxicat* or alcoholic-bing* or binge-drinking or alcohol-use or alcohol-problem or high-risk-drinking or binge-drinking or alcohol-abuse or alcohol-consumption or alcoholism).mp.
  2. (sbi or screening or brief-intervention* or sbirt or treatment* or health-screen* or motivational-interviewing or personalized-feedback or personalised-feedback or pfi or tailored-feedback or brief-motivational-intervention* or bfi).mp.
  3. (assert or asbir).mp.
  4. (alcohol screening brief intervention and referral).mp.
  5. (alcohol and substance abuse services education and referral and treat* program).mp.
  6. ((month* adj5 intervention*) or (month* adj5 program*) or (month* adj5 feedback) or (week* adj5 intervention*) or (week* adj5 program*) or (week* adj5 feedback)).mp.
  7. ((screen* adj5 intervention*) or (screen* adj5 feedback)).mp.
  8. (internet or online-information or website* or web-based or online-treatment* or computer* or cd-rom or ivr or telephon* or computer-delivered-intervention* or website-interactivity or online-information or computer-based or online or interactive-voice-response* or telephone-assessment* or interactive-technolog*).mp.
  9. 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7
  10. 1 and 8 and 9

Database: CINAHL (EBSCOhost); 386 Results

  1. alcohol* or drunk or intoxicat* or liquor or “binge drinking” or “high-risk drinking”
  2. internet or online or website* or “web site*” or “web based” or “cd-rom” or ivr or telephon* or computer* or “interactive voice response” or “interactive technology”
  3. sbi or “brief intervention*”or sbirt or treatment* or “motivational interview*” or “brief motivational intervention*” or pfi or bfi or assert or asbir or referral
  4. (screen* n5 feedback) or (screen* n5 intervention*) or (month* n5 program*) or (month* n5 intervention*) or (month* n5 feedback) or (week* n5 program*) or (week* n5 intervention*) or (week* n5 feedback)
  5. 3 or 4

Database: Dissertation Abstracts; 79 results

  1. ALCOHOLIC()DRINK? OR ALCOHOLIC()BEVERAGE? OR ALCOHOL OR LIQUOR OR DRUNK OR INTOXICAT? OR ALCOHOLIC()BING? OR BINGE()DRINKING OR ALCOHOL()USE OR ALCOHOL()PROBLEM OR HIGH()RISK()DRINKING OR BINGE()DRINKING OR ALCOHOL()ABUSE OR ALCOHOL()CONSUMPTION OR ALCOHOLISM
  2. INTERNET OR ONLINE()INFORMATION OR WEBSITE? ? OR WEB()SITE? ? OR WEB-BASED OR ONLINE()TREATMENT OR COMPUTER? OR CD()ROM OR IVR OR TELEPHONE OR COMPUTER()DELIVERED()INTERVENTION? ? OR WEBSITE()INTERACTIVITY OR COMPUTER()BASED OR ONLINE OR INTERACTIVE()VOICE()RESPONSE OR TELEPHONE()ASSESSMENT OR INTERACTIVE()TECHNOLOGY()APPLICATION? ?
  3. SBI OR BRIEF()INTERVENTION? ? OR SBIRT OR TREATMENT? ? OR HEALTH()SCREEN? OR MOTIVATIONAL()INTERVIEWING OR PERSONALI?ED()FEEDBACK OR PERSONALI?ED()FEEDBACK()INTERVENTION? ? OR PFI OR ALCOHOL(1W)SUBSTANCE()ABUSE()SERVICES()EDUCATION(1W)REFERRAL(1W)TREAT OR ASSERT OR TAILORED()FEEDBACK OR BRIEF()MOTIVATIONAL()INTERVENTION? ? OR BFI OR ALCOHOL()SCREENING()BRIEF()INTERVENTION(1W)REFERRAL? ? OR ASBIR OR (MONTH? (5N) INTERVENTION?) OR (MONTH? (5N) PROGRAM?) OR (MONTH? (5N) FEEDBACK) OR (WEEK? (5N) INTERVENTION?) OR (WEEK? (5N) PROGRAM?) OR (WEEK? (5N) FEEDBACK) OR (SCREEN? (5N) FEEDBACK) OR (SCREEN? (5N) INTERVENTION?)
  4. 1 AND 2 AND 3

Database: ECONLIT (EBSCOHost); 1 Result

  1. alcohol* or drunk or intoxicat* or liquor or “binge drinking” or “high-risk drinking”
  2. internet or online or website* or “web site*” or “web based” or “cd-rom” or ivr or telephon* or computer* or “interactive voice response” or “interactive technology”
  3. sbi or “brief intervention*” or sbirt or treatment* or “motivational interview*” or pfi or “brief motivational intervention*” or bfi or assert or asbir or referral or (screen* n5 feedback) or (screen* n5 intervention*) or (month* n5 intervention*) or (month* n5 program*) or (month* n5 feedback) or (week* n5 feedback) or (week* n5 intervention*) or (week* n5 program*)
  4. 1 and 2 and 3

Database: EMBASE (OVID); 3623 Results

  1. (alcoholic-drink* or alcoholic-beverage* or alcohol or liquor or drunk or intoxicat* or alcoholic-bing* or binge-drinking or alcohol-use or alcohol-problem or high-risk-drinking or binge-drinking or alcohol-abuse or alcohol-consumption or alcoholism).mp.
  2. (sbi or brief-intervention* or sbirt or treatment* or health-screen* or motivational-interviewing or personalized-feedback or personalised-feedback or pfi or tailored-feedback or brief-motivational-intervention* or bfi).mp.
  3. (assert or asbir).mp.
  4. (alcohol screening brief intervention and referral).mp.
  5. (alcohol and substance abuse services education and referral and treat* program).mp.
  6. ((month* adj5 intervention*) or (month* adj5 program*) or (month* adj5 feedback) or (week* adj5 intervention*) or (week* adj5 program*) or (week* adj5 feedback) or (screen* adj5 intervention*) or (screen* adj5 feedback)).mp.
  7. (internet or online-information or website* or web-based or online-treatment* or computer* or cd-rom or ivr or telephon* or computer-delivered-intervention* or website-interactivity or online-information or computer-based or online or interactive-voice-response* or telephone-assessment* or interactive-technolog*).mp.
  8. 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6
  9. 1 and 7 and 8

Database: ERIC (CSA ILLUMINA); 114 Results

  1. KW=alcohol* or KW=intoxicat* or KW=drunk or KW=liquor or KW="binge drinking" or KW="high-risk drinking"
  2. KW=internet or KW=online or KW=website* or KW="web site*" or KW="web based" or KW=computer* or KW="interactive voice response" or KW=telephon* or KW="interactive technolog*" or KW="cd-rom" or KW=ivr
  3. KW=sbi or KW="brief intervention*" or KW=sbirt or KW= treatment* or KW="motivational interview*" or KW=assert or KW="brief motivational" or KW=bfi or KW=asbir or KW=services or KW=referral* or KW=treat or KW=pfi or KW=screen* within 5 feedback or KW=screen*within 5 intervention* or KW=month* within 5 feedback or KW=month* within 5 program* or KW=month* within 5 intervention* or KW=week* within 5 program* or KW=week* within 5 intervention* or KW=week* within 5 feedback
  4. 1 AND 2 AND 3

Database: NTIS; 84 Results

  1. ALCOHOL? OR LIQUOR OR INTOXICAT? OR DRUNK OR BINGE()DRINKING OR HIGH()RISK()DRINKING
  2. INTERNET OR ONLINE OR WEBSITE? OR WEB()SITE?
  3. WEB()BASED OR COMPUTER? OR CD()ROM OR IVR OR TELEPHON?
  4. INTERACTIVE()VOICE()RESPONSE? OR INTERACTIVE()TECHNOLOG?
  5. 2 OR 3 OR 4
  6. SBI OR BRIEF()INTERVENTION? ?
  7. SBIRT OR TREATMENT? OR MOTIVATIONAL()INTERVIEW?
  8. ALCOHOL(1W)SUBSTANCE()ABUSE()SERVICES()EDUCATION(1W)REFERRAL(1W)TREAT
  9. BFI OR ASBIR
  10. PFI OR (MONTH? (5N) INTERVENTION?) OR (MONTH? (5N) FEEDBACK) OR (MONTH? (5N) PROGRAM?) OR (WEEK? (5N) INTERVENTION?) OR (WEEK? (5N) PROGRAM?) OR (WEEK? (5N) FEEDBACK) OR (SCREEN? (5N) FEEDBACK) OR (SCREEN? (5N) INTERVENTION?)
  11. ALCOHOL()SCREENING()BRIEF()INTERVENTION AND REFERRAL
  12. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE()ABUSE()SERVICES()EDUCATION AND REFERRAL AND TREAT?()PROGRAM?
  13. 1 AND 5 AND (12 OR 11 OR 10 OR 9 OR 8 OR 7 OR 6)

Database: PsycINFO (OVID); 832 Results

  1. (alcoholic-drink* or alcoholic-beverage* or alcohol or liquor or drunk or intoxicat* or alcoholic-bing* or binge-drinking or alcohol-use* or alcohol-problem or high-risk-drinking or binge-drinking or alcohol-abuse* or alcohol-consumption or alcoholism).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, table of contents, key concepts, original title, tests & measures]
  2. (sbi or brief-intervention* or sbirt or treatment* or health-screen* or motivational-interviewing or personalized-feedback or personalised-feedback or pfi or tailored-feedback or brief-motivational-intervention* or bfi).mp.
  3. (assert or asbir).mp.
  4. (alcohol screening brief intervention and referral).mp.
  5. (alcohol and substance abuse services education and referral and treat* program).mp.
  6. ((month* adj5 intervention*) or (month* adj5 program*) or (month* adj5 feedback) or (week* adj5 intervention*) or (week* adj5 program*) or (week* adj5 feedback)).mp.
  7. ((screen* adj5 intervention*) or (screen* adj5 feedback)).mp.
  8. (internet or online-information or website* or web-based or online-treatment* or computer* or cd-rom or ivr or telephon* or computer-delivered-intervention* or website-interactivity or online-information or computer-based or online or interactive-voice-response* or telephone-assessment* or interactive-technolog*).mp.
  9. 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7
  10. 1 and 8 and 9

Database: Social Services Abstracts (CSA); 181 Results

  1. kw=”binge drinking” or kw=”high-risk drinking” or kw=alcohol* or kw=intoxicat* or kw=drunk or kw=liquor

    and

    kw=sbi or kw=”brief intervention*” or kw=sbirt or kw=treatment* or kw=”motivational interview*” or kw=assert or kw=”brief motivational” or kw=bfi or kw=asbir or kw=services or kw=referral* or kw=treat or kw=pfi or kw=(month* within 5 program*) or kw=(month* within 5 intervention*) or kw=(month* within 5 feedback) or kw=(week* within 5 program*) or kw=(week* within 5 feedback) or kw=(week* within 5 intervention*) or kw=(screen* within 5 intervention*) or kw=(screen* within 5 feedback)

    and

    kw=internet or kw=online or kw=computer* or kw=website* or kw=”web site*” or kw=”web based” or kw=”interactive voice response” or kw=ivr or kw=telephon* or kw=”interactive technolog*” or kw=”cd-rom”

Database: Sociological Abstracts (CSA); 241 Results

  1. kw=”binge drinking” or kw=”high-risk drinking” or kw=alcohol* or kw=intoxicat* or kw=drunk or kw=liquor

    and

    kw=sbi or kw=”brief intervention*” or kw=sbirt or kw=treatment* or kw=”motivational interview*” or kw=assert or kw=”brief motivational” or kw=bfi or kw=asbir or kw=services or kw=referral* or kw=treat or kw=pfi or kw=(month* within 5 program*) or kw=(month* within 5 intervention*) or kw=(month* within 5 feedback) or kw=(week* within 5 program*) or kw=(week* within 5 feedback) or kw=(week* within 5 intervention*) or kw=(screen* within 5 intervention*) or kw=(screen* within 5 feedback)

    and

    kw=internet or kw=online or kw=computer* or kw=website* or kw=”web site*” or kw=”web based” or kw=”interactive voice response” or kw=ivr or kw=telephon* or kw=”interactive technolog*” or kw=”cd-rom”

Database: Web of Science (WoK – Web of Knowledge); 1292 Results

  1. TS=(alcohol* or liquor or intoxicat* or "binge drinking" or "high-risk drinking" or drunk)
  2. TS=(internet or online or website* or "web site*" or "web based" or computer* or "cd-rom" or ivr or telephon* or "interactive voice response" or "interactive technolog*")
  3. TS=(sbi or "brief intervention*" or pfi or sbirt or treatment* or "motivational interview*" or assert or 'alcohol and substance abuse services education and referral to treat program' or feedback or bfi or "brief motivational intervention*" or asbir) or
  4. TS=(screen* near/5 feedback) OR TS=(screen* near/5 intervention*) OR TS=(month* near/5 program*) OR TS=(month* near/5 feedback) OR TS=(month* near/5 intervention*) OR TS=(week* near/5 program*) OR TS=(week* near/5 feedback) OR TS=(week* near/5 intervention*)
  5. 1 AND 2 AND (3 OR 4)