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Implementing training and support, financial reimbursement, and referral to an internet-based brief advice program to improve the early identification of hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in primary care (ODHIN): study protocol for a cluster randomized factorial trial
(2013-01-24)
Background: The European level of alcohol consumption, and the subsequent burden of disease, is high compared to the rest of the world. While screening and brief interventions in primary healthcare are cost-effective, in ...
Impact of primary healthcare providers' initial role security and therapeutic commitment on implementing brief interventions in managing risky alcohol consumption: a cluster randomised factorial trial
(2016-07-16)
Background: Brief interventions in primary healthcare are cost-effective in reducing drinking problems but poorly implemented in routine practice. Although evidence about implementing brief interventions is growing, knowledge ...
Alcohol and older people: the European project VINTAGE: good health into older age; design, methods and major results
(2012)
Objectives: The European project VINTAGE – Good Health Into Older Age aims at filling the knowledge gap and building capacity on alcohol and the elderly, encouraging evidence- and experience-based interventions. Methods: ...
La actualización de los límites de bajo riesgo del alcohol: una oportunidad para mejorar la implementación de las estrategias de identificación precoz e intervención breve en España
(2020-11-13)
This work places in context Spain’s recent update of the defined limits for low risk alcohol consumption to 20g/day for men and 10g/day for women, and summarizes data on the impact on individual health and the social costs ...
Professional's Attitudes Do Not Influence Screening and Brief Interventions Rates for Hazardous and Harmful Drinkers: Results from ODHIN Study
(2015-03-18)
Aims: To determine the relation between existing levels of alcohol screening and brief interventionrates infive European jurisdictions and role security and therapeutic commitment by the participat-ing primary healthcare ...
A randomised controlled non-inferiority trial of primary care-based facilitated access to an alcohol reduction website (EFAR Spain): the study protocol
(2014-12-31)
Introduction: Early identification (EI) and brief interventions (BIs) for risky drinkers are effective tools in primary care. Lack of time in daily practice has been identified as one of the main barriers to implementation ...
Brief interventions implementation on alcohol from the European health systems perspective
(2014-11-11)
Alcohol-related health problems are important public health issues and alcohol remains one of the leading risk factors of chronic health conditions. In addition, only a small proportion of those who need treatment access ...
Good practices for the prevention of alcohol harmful use amongst the elderly in Europe, the VINTAGE project
(2012)
Introduction: There is a lack of information about initiatives aimed at preventing the harm-ful effects of alcohol amongst the elderly. Objectives: One of the objectives of the VINTAGE study was to collect the ...
Effectiveness of a Specialized Brief Intervention for At-risk Drinkers in an Emergency Department: Short-term Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
(2018-05-23)
Background: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) programs have been developed, evaluated, and shown to be effective, particularly in primary care and general practice. Nevertheless, effectiveness ...
Implementing referral to an electronic alcohol brief advice website in primary healthcare: results from the ODHIN implementation trial
(2016-06-16)
Objectives: The objective of the present study was toexplore whether the possibility of offering facilitatedaccess to an alcohol electronic brief intervention (eBI) instead of delivering brief face-to-face advice increasedthe ...