Reach and effectiveness of a computer-based alcohol intervention in a Swedish emergency room

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 138-146

  Trinks, Anna ^a   Festin, Karin ^a   Bendtsen, Preben ^a   Nilsen, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computerized intervention; Effectiveness; Reach; Tailored feedback

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEDEN; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955585616     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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