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Published in: BMC Surgery 1/2011

Open Access 01-12-2011 | Research article

Will emergency and surgical patients participate in and complete alcohol interventions? A systematic review

Authors: Bolette Pedersen, Kristian Oppedal, Lisa Egund, Hanne Tønnesen

Published in: BMC Surgery | Issue 1/2011

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Abstract

Background

In the everyday surgical life, staff may experience that patients with Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) seem reluctant to participate in alcohol intervention programs. The objective was therefore to assess acceptance of screening and intervention as well as adherence to the intervention program among emergency department (ED) and surgical patients with AUDs.

Methods

A systematic literature search was followed by extraction of acceptance and adherence rates in ED and surgical patients. Numbers needed to screen (NNS) were calculated. Subgroup analyses were carried out based on different study characteristics.

Results

The literature search revealed 33 relevant studies. Of these, 31 were randomized trials, 28 were conducted in EDs and 31 evaluated the effect of brief alcohol intervention. Follow-up was mainly conducted after six and/or twelve months.
Four in five ED patients accepted alcohol screening and two in three accepted participation in intervention. In surgical patients, two in three accepted screening and the intervention acceptance rate was almost 100%. The adherence rate was above 60% for up to twelve months in both ED and surgical patients. The NNS to identify one eligible AUD patient and to get one eligible patient to accept participation in alcohol intervention varied from a few up to 70 patients.
The rates did not differ between randomized and non-randomized trials, brief and intensive interventions or validated and self-reported alcohol consumption. Adherence rates were not affected by patients' group allocation and type of follow-up.

Conclusions

Most emergency and surgical patients with AUD accept participation in alcohol screening and interventions and complete the intervention program.
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Metadata
Title
Will emergency and surgical patients participate in and complete alcohol interventions? A systematic review
Authors
Bolette Pedersen
Kristian Oppedal
Lisa Egund
Hanne Tønnesen
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Surgery / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2482
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-11-26

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