Effects of a Web-Based Computer-Tailored Game to Reduce Binge Drinking Among Dutch Adolescents: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 18; no. 2; p. e29
• Main Authors: Jander, Astrid, Crutzen, Rik, Mercken, Liesbeth, Candel, Math, de Vries, Hein
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Journal of Medical Internet Research 01.02.2016; Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor; JMIR Publications Inc
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Adherence; Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Age; Alcohol and youth; Alcohol Drinking - prevention & control; Alcohol use; Alcoholic beverages; Analysis; Behavior; Binge Drinking - prevention & control; Child; Clinical trials; Cluster Analysis; Computer & video games; Computer games; Drinking behavior; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Education; Educational software; Evaluation; Female; Games; Humans; Informed consent; Internet; Internet access; Intervention; Male; Netherlands; Original Paper; Personal characteristics; Prevention programs; Questionnaires; School dropouts; Schools; Secondary education; Social classes; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sweden; Teenagers; Video Games - psychology; Websites; Young Adult; Sweden; Netherlands; computer tailoring; serious games; binge drinking; adolescents; alcohol drinking; cluster randomized controlled trial

Binge drinking among Dutch adolescents is among the highest in Europe. Few interventions so far have focused on adolescents aged 15 to 19 years. Because binge drinking increases significantly during those years, it is important to develop binge drinking prevention programs for this group. Web-based...