Assessment may conceal therapeutic benefit: Findings from a randomized controlled trial for hazardous drinking

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-70

  Kypri, Kypros ^a,b   Langley, John D ^b   Saunders, John B ^c   Cashell Smith, Martine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Assessment effect; Brief intervention; Primary care; Student

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 33845742542     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01632.x     Document Type: Article

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