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Professional's Attitudes Do Not Influence Screening and Brief Interventions Rates for Hazardous and Harmful Drinkers: Results from ODHIN Study.

Authors :
Bendtsen, Preben
Anderson, Peter
Wojnar, Marcin
Newbury-Birch, Dorothy
Müssener, Ulrika
Colom, Joan
Karlsson, Nadine
Brzózka, Krzysztof
Spak, Fredrik
Deluca, Paolo
Drummond, Colin
Kaner, Eileen
Kłoda, Karolina
Mierzecki, Artur
Okulicz-Kozaryn, Katarzyna
Parkinson, Kathryn
Reynolds, Jillian
Ronda, Gaby
Segura, Lidia
Palacio, Jorge
Source :
Alcohol & Alcoholism; Jul2015, Vol. 50 Issue 4, p430-437, 8p
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

Aims: To determine the relation between existing levels of alcohol screening and brief intervention rates in five European jurisdictions and role security and therapeutic commitment by the participating primary healthcare professionals. Methods: Health care professionals consisting of, 409GPs, 282 nurses and 55 other staff including psychologists, social workers and nurse aids from 120 primary health care centres participated in a cross-sectional 4-week survey. The participants registered all screening and brief intervention activities as part of their normal routine. The participants also completed the Shortened Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Perception Questionnaire (SAAPPQ), which measure role security and therapeutic commitment. Results: The only significant but small relationship was found between role security and screening rate in a multilevel logistic regression analysis adjusted for occupation of the provider, number of eligible patients and the random effects of jurisdictions and primary health care units (PHCU). No significant relationship was found between role security and brief intervention rate nor between therapeutic commitment and screening rate/brief intervention rate. The proportion of patients screened varied across jurisdictions between 2 and 10%. Conclusion: The findings show that the studied factors (role security and therapeutic commitment) are not of great importance for alcohol screening and BI rates. Given the fact that screening and brief intervention implementation rate has not changed much in the last decade in spite of increased policy emphasis, training initiatives and more research being published, this raises a question about what else is needed to enhance implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
07350414
Volume :
50
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Alcohol & Alcoholism
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
110049437
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv020