Effect of electronic screening and brief intervention on hazardous or harmful drinking among adults in the hospital outpatient setting: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

Globally, over three million deaths per annum (one in 20) are caused by alcohol consumption (World Health Organization, 2014a). Alcohol screening and brief intervention (SBI), which is “a structured set of questions designed to identify individuals at risk for alcohol use problems, followed by a brief discussion between an individual and a service provider, with referral to specialized treatment as needed” (American Public Health Association and Education Development Center In c, 2008), is estimated to reduce alcohol consumption by 20 grams per week (95% CI: -28 to -12) in non-dependent patients presenting for primary healthcare (Kaner et al., 2018).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - August 2, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Natalie A. Johnson, Kypros Kypri, John B. Saunders, Richard Saitz, John Attia, Joanna Latter, Patrick McElduff, Adrian Dunlop, Christopher Doran, Luke Wolfenden, Jim McCambridge Tags: Full length article Source Type: research