Alcohol assessment and feedback by e-mail for university students: main findings from the AMADEUS-1 randomised controlled trial
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Methods A three arm parallel groups design permitted exploration of the magnitude of the feedback and assessment component effects via randomisation to fully automated: 1) routine practice assessment and feedback; 2) assessment only without feedback; or 3) no contact and thus neither assessment nor feedback. The study was undertaken simultaneously in two universities randomizing the e-mail addresses of all 14,910 students (4,969, 4969 and 4972 respectively to Groups 1-3) who were entirely blinded to trial participation. Outcomes were evaluated after 3 months via an invitation to participate in a brief crosssectional lifestyle survey.
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