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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 ...
Tratamiento ambulatorio grupal para dependientes de cocaína combinando terapia cognitivo conductual y entrevista motivacional
(2011-02)
Ambulatory group treatment for cocaine dependent patients combining cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing. Psychological interventions in cocaine dependent patients have demonstrated effi cacy. Remarkable ...
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 ...
Alcohol, tobacco and health care costs: a population-wide cohort study (n = 606 947 patients) of current drinkers based on medical and administrative health records from Catalonia
(2018-01-08)
Background: Most cost of illness studies are based on models where information on exposure is combined with risk information from meta-analyses, and the resulting attributable fractions are applied to the number of ...
Differences in illegal drug consumption between native and immigrants in a large sample of injected drug users in Catalonia (Spain)
(2014)
The aims of this study were to describe illegal drug abuse patterns in relation to the migration process and use of drug treatment centers among immigrant injected drug users (IDUs) involved in harm reduction programs, and ...
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 ...
Sistemes d’informació del VIH/sida a Catalunya: una història d’informació estratègica
(2016)
In the last two decades, a process of integration of the epidemiological information and surveillance systems has been carried out in Catalonia, which has allowed us to generate strategic information to describe the HIV ...
Digital brief interventions for risky drinkers are not the panacea: a pilot study exploring barriers for its implementation according to professionals' perceptions
(2020-06)
Digital brief interventions have emerged as an instrument to improve the implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment programs for risky drinkers. However, trials in Catalonia have been ...