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INTERVENTION BY AN ALCOHOL HEALTH WORKER IN AN ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT |
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| Authors: | WRIGHT S; MORAN L; MEYRICK M; O'CONNOR R; TOUQUET R |
| Institution: | Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine. St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust Praed Street. London W2 1NY 1Substance Misuse Services, North West London Mental Health NHS Trust UK 2Imperial College School of Medicine, University of London UK |
| Abstract: | We have evaluated the effect of brief intervention by an alcoholhealth worker on alcohol consumption by 202 alcohol misusingpatients. For 71 patients where questionnaires were successfullycompleted, 46 (65%) reported drinking less alcohol at 6 monthsas opposed to six (8.5%) who reported drinking more. The overallreduction was statistically significant (P < 0.001), witha mean reduction of 43%. |
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