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Effectiveness of a brief intervention for managing hazardous drinking problems of inpatients in Taiwan
Author(s) -
Tsai MeiChu,
Tsai YunFang,
Hwang FangMing,
Liu ChiaYih
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05623.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , alcohol use disorders identification test , brief intervention , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , population , test (biology) , family medicine , psychiatry , poison control , injury prevention , emergency medicine , environmental health , paleontology , biology
tsai m.‐c., tsai y.‐f., hwang f.‐m. & liu c.‐y. (2011) Effectiveness of a brief intervention for managing hazardous drinking problems of inpatients in Taiwan. Journal of Advanced Nursing 67 (9), 2038–2046. Abstract Aims. This paper is a report of a randomized control trial undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of the Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use in Taiwanese inpatients with hazardous drinking patterns. Background. The Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use has been found to be as effective as medical and psychological treatments for individuals with alcohol use disorders in western countries. However, few studies have examined brief alcohol interventions for a Chinese population. Methods. Patients from the medical and surgical wards of a medical centre in northern Taiwan were enrolled if they had an Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test score >8. Participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group ( n = 47), which received the Brief Intervention, and the control group ( n = 48), which received no special psychosocial intervention except routine nursing care. Data were collected from February 2005 to March 2006 on hospitalized participants’ demographic characteristics and alcohol use. Scores on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test were re‐assessed over the telephone 6 months later by a trained assistant blinded to the treatment group. Results. The experimental group had a significantly higher mean improved Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test score and better outcomes in all three dimensions of the test than the control group. Conclusions. The Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use is recommended for use in clinical settings to help Taiwanese inpatients with hazardous drinking patterns to improve their drinking problems.