Psychological and/or educational interventions for reducing alcohol consumption in pregnant women and women planning pregnancy

. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 16.

Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Apr 15;(2):CD004228. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004228.pub2

Methods	RCT.
Participants	304 women attending a Boston (USA) hospital who were assessed at being at risk of consuming alcohol in pregnancy
Interventions	Brief intervention (lasting approximately 25 minutes) for women and their partners encouraging abstinence from alcohol. The intervention involved goal setting and strategies for behaviour modification. The control group were assessed but received no active intervention
Outcomes	Abstinence from alcohol in pregnancy. Reduction in alcohol consumption
Notes	Author contacted for more information on trial results August 2008

RCT: randomized controlled trial