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Brief intervention in primary health care for alcohol users: an experience in Portugal
| Summary: | Introduction: The professionals of primary health care have a crucial role in screening individuals with risk consumption and harmful alcohol. The effectiveness of brief interventions in reducing alcohol consumption however, in Portugal its use is not yet widespread in particularly in primary care. Objective: to evaluate the effect of Brief Interventions in reducing excessive alcohol consumption on users accessing health center services, Coimbra, Portugal. Methods: A pre-trial, with a single group, and the assessment before the intervention (5 months). The sample included 45 patients (19 females, Mean= 48 age, SD = 15.199), enrolled in the Health Center Ansião. We used a structured interview, using a questionnaire that included the AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test), to evaluate the level of risk in relation to alcohol consumption. Interventions were made by previous protocol based on the level of risk identified, for data analysis resorting to the Wilcoxon test. Results: At baseline: 86.7% were at risk level I, 11.1% in the risk level II and 0% in the risk level III. In folow-up five months after the brief interventions, 95.6% were at risk level I, 2.2% in the risk level II and 0% in the risk level III. There was a positive effect on the progress of participants in respect to the levels of risk, with statistical significance (p = 0.046). Conclusions: Brief Interventions took effect in lowering and stabilizing the risk levels of alcohol consumption, reinforcing the importance of integration of Brief Interventions in Primary Health Care. |
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| Main Authors: | Barroso, Tereza Maria Mendes Diniz de Andrade |
| Other Authors: | Jorge, Filomena Margarida Santos |
| Subject: | alcohol brief intervention primary health care |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | other |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Repositório Científico da Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra |
| Summary: | Introduction: The professionals of primary health care have a crucial role in screening individuals with risk consumption and harmful alcohol. The effectiveness of brief interventions in reducing alcohol consumption however, in Portugal its use is not yet widespread in particularly in primary care. Objective: to evaluate the effect of Brief Interventions in reducing excessive alcohol consumption on users accessing health center services, Coimbra, Portugal. Methods: A pre-trial, with a single group, and the assessment before the intervention (5 months). The sample included 45 patients (19 females, Mean= 48 age, SD = 15.199), enrolled in the Health Center Ansião. We used a structured interview, using a questionnaire that included the AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test), to evaluate the level of risk in relation to alcohol consumption. Interventions were made by previous protocol based on the level of risk identified, for data analysis resorting to the Wilcoxon test. Results: At baseline: 86.7% were at risk level I, 11.1% in the risk level II and 0% in the risk level III. In folow-up five months after the brief interventions, 95.6% were at risk level I, 2.2% in the risk level II and 0% in the risk level III. There was a positive effect on the progress of participants in respect to the levels of risk, with statistical significance (p = 0.046). Conclusions: Brief Interventions took effect in lowering and stabilizing the risk levels of alcohol consumption, reinforcing the importance of integration of Brief Interventions in Primary Health Care. |
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