Excessive drinking--brief intervention by a primary health care nurse. A randomized controlled trial.
Scand J Prim Health Care
; 16(3): 188-92, 1998 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effect of a nurse-conducted intervention on excessive drinkers.DESIGN:
Randomized, controlled trial.SETTING:
Vårby Health Centre, Stockholm. INTERVENTION The intervention group visited a nurse three times during a 12-month period. The controls met once with a general practitioner (GP). PATIENTS Patients were recruited at a health screening on the basis of a raised gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT). Of 2338 subjects, aged 25-54 years, 222 had a screening GGT of > or = 0.9 mukat/l. 100 were randomized to the treatment and 122 to the control group. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
GGT, self-reported alcohol consumption (g/week), sickness allowance and use of health care.RESULTS:
After 2 years a reduction of GGT from 1.52 to 1.21 mukat/l (p = 0.02) had occurred in the treatment group. The controls increased their mean level of GGT from 1.75 to 2.16 mukat/l. Mean weekly alcohol consumption in the intervention group was reduced from 337 to 228 g/week (p = 0.02). The controls did not quantify their alcohol consumption initially, but reported a reduced weekly consumption at follow-up.CONCLUSION:
The intervention had an impact on GGT and self-reported consumption. The controls also reported decreased consumption possibly because their appointment with the GP functioned as a very brief intervention.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Atención Primaria de Salud
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Psicoterapia Breve
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Alcoholismo
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Scand J Prim Health Care
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suecia