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Randomized controlled trial of general practitioner intervention in women with excessive alcohol consumption
Author(s) -
SCOTT EILEEN,
ANDERSON PETER
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239100185371
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , medicine , alcohol consumption , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , alcohol , consumption (sociology) , excessive alcohol consumption , brief intervention , physical therapy , family medicine , psychiatry , surgery , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology
Seventy two women drinking 21 units (21og) or more of alcohol per week were recruited from an opportunistic screening programme in eight English general practices. The women were randomized into control and treatment groups. Women in the treatment group received ten minutes advice from their general practitioner to reduce alcohol consumption. At one year follow‐up, when analyzed by intention to treat, women in the treatment group had reduced their alcohol consumption from an average of 35‐24 units per week. Similar reductions were found in the control group (from 37‐27 units per week). The lack of evidence for a treatment effect may be explained by contamination of the control group by informal interventions. [Scott E, Anderson P. Randomized controlled trial of general practitioner intervention in women with excessive alcohol consumption.