Computerized Alcohol Misuse Intervention System for Health Care

Interventionaire© is a computerized alcohol misuse intervention that includes a normative feedback component unique in its micro-targeting of alcohol use feedback based on participant demographic characteristics (race/ethnicity, gender, and age), drawing population normative data from the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. This represents a novel use of epidemiological data to inform clinical services.

These products are designed for entertainment and educational purposes only. No medical claims are made for them and, the participant's interaction with them should be conceptually unrelated to alcohol use behavior.In order to avoid any carryover effect from comparing two active treatments, we have chosen to use a simple attention control condition that is not expected to exert any real intervention effect. In that way, the effect size estimate of the intervention can be readily calculated. No research data will be collected as part of the AC, beyond the amount of time spent on the program.