作者
Richard Saitz
发表日期
2010/11
来源
Drug and alcohol review
卷号
29
期号
6
页码范围
631-640
出版商
Blackwell Publishing Asia
简介
Issues. Although screening and brief intervention (BI) in the primary‐care setting reduces unhealthy alcohol use, its efficacy among patients with dependence has not been established. This systematic review sought to determine whether evidence exists for BI efficacy among patients with alcohol dependence identified by screening in primary‐care settings.
Approach. We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) extracted from eight systematic reviews and electronic database searches published through September 2009. These RCTs compared outcomes among adults with unhealthy alcohol use identified by screening who received BI in a primary‐care setting with those who received no intervention.
Key Findings. Sixteen RCTs, including 6839 patients, met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 14 excluded some or all persons with very heavy alcohol use or dependence; one in which 35% of 175 patients had …
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