Citation

Wright S, Moran L, Meyrick M, O'connor R, Touquet R. Alcohol Alcohol. 1998; 33(6): 651-656.

Affiliation

Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9872355

Abstract

We have evaluated the effect of brief intervention by an alcohol health worker on alcohol consumption by 202 alcohol misusing patients. For 71 patients where questionnaires were successfully completed, 46 (65%) reported drinking less alcohol at 6 months as opposed to six (8.5%) who reported drinking more. The overall reduction was statistically significant (P < 0.001), with a mean reduction of 43%.

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