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Identification and Brief Advice Research

Added on 20/08/2009
Updated on 26/01/2010

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A multicountry controlled trial of strategies to promote dissemination and implementation of brief alcohol intervention in primary health care: findings of a World Health Organization collaborative study.

Funk M, et al. J Stud Alcohol. 2005 May;66(3):379-88

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This study examines the impact of marketing strategies on the dissemination of a brief alcohol intervention program to general practitioners (GPs). The marketing strategy was tested to determine the most effective way to promote awareness about and consideration of a brief alcohol intervention program. The study also examines the impact of training and support strategies to promote the program's implementation in routine primary care.

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Brief interventions for alcohol problems: a meta-analytic review of controlled investigations in treatment-seeking and non-treatment-seeking populations

Moyer A et al, 2002, Addiction Mar;97(3):279-92

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Meta-analytic review comparing brief interventions with either control or extended treatment conditions.

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Athens
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A randomized controlled trial of an internet-based intervention for alcohol abusers

Cunningham, J et al; Addiction, Volume 104, Number 12, December 2009 , pp. 2023-2032(10)

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The objective of this project is to conduct a randomized controlled evaluation of the internet-based Check Your Drinking (CYD) screener.

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Research

The Effect of Computerized Tailored Brief Advice on At-risk Drinking in Subcritically Injured Trauma Patients

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care; October 2006 - Volume 61 - Issue 4 - pp 805-814

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One-third of injured patients treated in the emergency department (ED) have an alcohol use disorder (AUD). Few are screened and receive counseling because ED staff have little time for additional tasks.

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Effectiveness of strategies to implement brief alcohol intervention in primary healthcare

Nilsen P etc al; Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2006, Vol. 24, No. 1, p5-15

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To review systematically the available literature on implementation of brief alcohol interventions in primary healthcare in order to determine the effectiveness of the implementation efforts by the health are providers.

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Acceptability Of Various Brief Intervention Approches For Hazardous Drinking Among University Students

Kypri K, Saunders J.B. Gallagher S.J.; Alcohol and Alcoholism, Volume 38, Number 6 Pp. 626-628

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Aims to determine the acceptability to university students of practitioner-delivered screening and brief intervention (SBI) versus a novel approach-web-based SBI (e-SBI).

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At 10 year follow up, brief interventions had no effect on harmful alcohol consumption

Wutzke S, Conigrave K, Saunders J, et al.; Evidence-Based Mental Health 2003;6:31;

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Description of 10-year follow up of a 9-month randomised controlled trial.

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The attitude and knowledge of Italian family doctors in respect to early identification and brief intervention on alcohol & tobacco: a controlled study.

Struzzo P, Gianmoena B,Kodilija R; University of Udine 2002

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This article summarises the results of a controlled study on the attitudes and knowledge of general practitioners in respect to early identification and brief intervention of risky drinkers and tobacco smokers in two areas of northern Italy.

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Patients with alcohol problems--simple questioning is the key to effective identification and management

Wallace P; British Journal of General Practice 2001 March; 51(464): 172-173

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Reviews the then current practice of delivery of IBA by GP's (2001)

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Patient and practitioner characteristics predict brief alcohol intervention in primary care.

Kaner EF, Heather N, Brodie J, Lock CA, and McAvoy BR; British Journal of General Practice 2001 October; 51(471): 822-827

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Investigates patient-practitioner characteristics influencing brief alcohol intervention in primary care.

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Effectiveness of Brief Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Intake in Primary Health Care Populations: A Meta-analysis

Poikolainen, K; Preventive Medicine Volume 28, Issue 5, , P503-50; May 1999

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Earlier meta-analyses have not made a distinction between very brief (5- to 20-min) interventions and extended (several visits) brief interventions.

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Wright S, Moran L, Meyrick M, O'Connor R and Touquet R; Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol33, No. 6, 1998 No. 6pp. 651-656.

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Evaluates the effect of brief intervention by an alcohol health worker on alcohol consumption by 202 alcohol misusing patients.

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Problems encountered with opportunistic screening for alcohol-related problems in patients attending an Accident and Emergency department.

Brooker C, Peters J ,McCabe C, Short N: Addiction April 1998. Vol. 93, Issue 4,pp. 589-594.

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Assesses the value of opportunistic screening in Accident and Emergency (AE) for patients with alcohol-related problems and provision of an intervention.

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Hadida et al.; Emergency Medicine Journal, 2001 18: 112-115.

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Examines the feasibility of screening foralcohol problems in a representative flow sample of patientsattending a busy UK emergency department.

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The Fast Alcohol Screening Test

Hodgson R, Alwyn T, John B, and Smith A: Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol.37, No1, 2002, pp61-66.

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Using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as the gold standard, The Fast Alcohol Screening Test (FAST) was developed for use in busy medical settings.

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Preventive Care in the Emergency Department: Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review.

D'Onofrio G, Degutis Dr L C; Academic Emergency Medicine Volume 9 Issue 6, June 2002 p627-638

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Systematically reviews the medical literature in order to determine the strength of the recommendation for screening and brief intervention (SBI) for alcohol-related problems in the emergency department (ED) setting.

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Interventions for preventing injuries in problem drinkers.

Dinah-Zarr, A Goss C, Heitman E, Roberts I, DiGuiseppi C.; The Cochrane Library Systamatic Reviews, 2004;(3): CD001857.

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In the US, half of the estimated 100,000 deaths attributed to alcohol each year are due to intentional and unintentional injuries. The identification of effective interventions for the reduction of unintentional and intentional injuries due to problem drinking is, therefore, an important public health goal.

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