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The effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions delivered by community pharmacists: randomized controlled trial.


ABSTRACT: To undertake the first randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief intervention delivered by community pharmacists to reduce hazardous or harmful drinking.This parallel group randomized trial allocated participants individually to brief alcohol intervention (n?=?205) or a leaflet-only control condition (n?=?202), with follow-up study after 3 months.Sixteen community pharmacies in one London Borough, UK.A total of 407 pharmacy customers (aged 18?years or over) with Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) scores 8-19, inclusive.A brief motivational discussion of approximately 10 minutes' duration, for which 17 pharmacists received a half-day of training.Hazardous or harmful drinking was assessed using the AUDIT administered by telephone by a researcher blind to allocation status. The two primary outcomes were: (1) change in AUDIT total scores and (2) the proportions no longer hazardous or harmful drinkers (scoring

SUBMITTER: Dhital R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4765086 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions delivered by community pharmacists: randomized controlled trial.

Dhital Ranjita R   Norman Ian I   Whittlesea Cate C   Murrells Trevor T   McCambridge Jim J  

Addiction (Abingdon, England) 20150714 10


<h4>Background and aims</h4>To undertake the first randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief intervention delivered by community pharmacists to reduce hazardous or harmful drinking.<h4>Design</h4>This parallel group randomized trial allocated participants individually to brief alcohol intervention (n = 205) or a leaflet-only control condition (n = 202), with follow-up study after 3 months.<h4>Setting</h4>Sixteen community pharmacies in one London Borough, UK.<h4>Partic  ...[more]

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