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Brief Intervention in the Workplace for Heavy Drinkers: A Randomized Clinical Trial in Japan.
- Source :
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Alcohol & Alcoholism . Mar2015, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p157-163. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Aims: To investigate the effectiveness of brief intervention (BI) conducted in the workplace for heavy drinkers. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted at six companies in Japan. Participants were heavy drinkers who met the inclusion criteria and were randomized into three groups: the BI group, BI with diary group and a control group. Outcomes (total drinks, binge drinking episodes and alcohol-free days) were evaluated at 3 and 12 months. Results: The 304 participants recruited were allocated to the three groups and 277 participated in all follow-up evaluations. Dropout rates in the respective groups were 7.0, 14.9 and 5.5%. Some improvements were observed in all the groups. In particular, alcohol-free days in the BI group were significantly increased by 93.0% at 12 months. Total drinks at 12 months were reduced by 41 g per week in the BI group compared with the control group, although the intergroup difference was not significant. Conclusion: BI in the workplace is effective for increasing the number of alcohol-free days. However, the effectiveness on decreasing alcohol consumption was unclear, which could be explained by alcohol screening itself causing a reduction in drinking. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *ALCOHOLISM treatment
*OCCUPATIONAL health services
*ALCOHOLISM
*ANALYSIS of variance
*CHI-squared test
*PROBABILITY theory
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*RESEARCH funding
*STATISTICS
*T-test (Statistics)
*DATA analysis
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*DATA analysis software
*DIARY (Literary form)
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*EVALUATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07350414
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Alcohol & Alcoholism
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 101371650
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agu090