Referral to an Electronic Screening and Brief Alcohol Intervention in Primary Health Care in Sweden : Impact of Staff Referral to the Computer
Joint Authors
Stark Ekman, Diana
Johansson, AnneLie
Johansson, Kjell
Carlfjord, Siw
Andersson, Agneta
Bendtsen, Preben
Leijon, Matti
Nilsen, Per
Source
International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-04-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim of this paper was to evaluate whether primary health care staff's referral of patients to perform an electronic screening and brief intervention (e-SBI) for alcohol use had a greater impact on change in alcohol consumption after 3 month, compared to patients who performed the test on their own initiative.
Staff-referred responders reported reduced weekly alcohol consumption with an average decrease of 8.4 grams.
In contrast, self-referred responders reported an average increase in weekly alcohol consumption of 2.4 grams.
Staff-referred responders reported a 49% reduction of average number of heavy episodic drinking (HED) occasions per month.
The corresponding reduction for self-referred responders was 62%.
The differences between staff- and self-referred patient groups in the number who moved from risky drinking to nonrisky drinking at the followup were not statistically significant.
Our results indicate that standalone computers with touchscreens that provide e-SBIs for risky drinking have the same effect on drinking behaviour in both staff-referred patients and self-referred patients.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bendtsen, Preben& Stark Ekman, Diana& Johansson, AnneLie& Carlfjord, Siw& Andersson, Agneta& Leijon, Matti…[et al.]. 2011. Referral to an Electronic Screening and Brief Alcohol Intervention in Primary Health Care in Sweden : Impact of Staff Referral to the Computer. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508102
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bendtsen, Preben…[et al.]. Referral to an Electronic Screening and Brief Alcohol Intervention in Primary Health Care in Sweden : Impact of Staff Referral to the Computer. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508102
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bendtsen, Preben& Stark Ekman, Diana& Johansson, AnneLie& Carlfjord, Siw& Andersson, Agneta& Leijon, Matti…[et al.]. Referral to an Electronic Screening and Brief Alcohol Intervention in Primary Health Care in Sweden : Impact of Staff Referral to the Computer. International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508102
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-508102