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Raquel Paz Castro

Researcher at University of Zurich

Publications -  28
Citations -  979

Raquel Paz Castro is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Smoking cessation. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 23 publications receiving 683 citations.

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Smartphone use and smartphone addiction among young people in Switzerland

Severin Haug, +5 more
- 21 Dec 2015 - 
TL;DR: This study provides the first insights into smartphone use, smartphone addiction, and predictors of smartphone addiction in young people from a European country and should be extended in further studies.
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Efficacy of a web-based intervention with and without guidance for employees with risky drinking : results of a three-arm randomized controlled trial

Leif Boß, +6 more
- 01 Apr 2018 - 
TL;DR: A web‐based alcohol intervention, administered with or without personal guidance, significantly reduced mean weekly alcohol consumption and improved mental health and work‐related outcomes in the German working population.
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Efficacy of a web- and text messaging-based intervention to reduce problem drinking in adolescents: Results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Severin Haug, +5 more
- 01 Feb 2017 - 
TL;DR: The intervention program reduced RSOD, which is a major indicator of problem drinking in young people, effectively, effectively.
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Efficacy of an internet and SMS-based integrated smoking cessation and alcohol intervention for smoking cessation in young people: study protocol of a two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial

Severin Haug, +7 more
- 05 Nov 2014 - 
TL;DR: This is the first study testing a fully automated intervention for smoking cessation that simultaneously addresses alcohol use and interrelations between tobacco and alcohol use.
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A Mobile Phone-Based Life Skills Training Program for Substance Use Prevention Among Adolescents: Pre-Post Study on the Acceptance and Potential Effectiveness of the Program, Ready4life.

Severin Haug, +6 more
- 04 Oct 2017 - 
TL;DR: High-level acceptance and promising effectiveness of an individually tailored mobile phone–based life skills training program in vocational school students are revealed, which could be easily and economically implemented.