Opportunistic screening and clinician-delivered brief intervention for high-risk alcohol use among emergency department attendees: A randomized controlled trial

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-128

  Dent, Andrew W ^a,c   Weiland, Tracey J ^a,c   Phillips, Georgina A ^a   Lee, Nicole K ^b  

^a Emergency Practice Innovation Centre   (Australia)

^b TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Brief intervention; Emergency medicine; Motivational intervention; Paddington alcohol test

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PADDING ALCOHOL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SCREENING TEST; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41549125444     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2008.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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