Brief interventions to reduce alcohol use

Brief interventions (Bis) were found in a review with metanalysis (Schweer-Collins et al., 2023, k = 116, N= 12,074) to be more beneficial to treat alcohol use in the following target groups:

• Females: The study found that among females, brief interventions (BIs) led to significant reductions in binge alcohol consumption (g = 0.09, 95% CI [0.03, 0.14]), frequency of alcohol consumption (g = 0.10, 95% CI [0.03, 0.17]), and alcohol-related consequences (g = 0.16, 95% CI [0.08, 0.25]). The study also found that BIs resulted in greater utilisation of substance use treatment (g = 0.25, 95% CI [0.21, 0.30]).
• Individuals with less than a high school level education showed a significant decrease (g = 0.16, 95% CI [0.09, 0.22]) in the frequency of alcohol consumption at the 3-month follow-up.