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Screening and referral for brief intervention of alcohol-misusing patients in an emergency department: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.
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Screening and referral for brief intervention of alcohol-misusing patients in an emergency department: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.

MJ Crawford, R Patton, R Touquet, C Drummond, S Byford, B Barrett, B Reece, A Brown and JA Henry
Lancet, Vol.364(9442), pp.1334-1339
09/10/2004
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17190-0

Abstract

Adult Aged Aged 80 and over Alcohol Drinking Alcoholism Appointments and Schedules Counseling Emergency Service Hospital Female Humans Male Middle Aged Pamphlets Patient Compliance Patient Education as Topic Questionnaires Referral and Consultation Single-Blind Method
Alcohol misuse is highly prevalent among people attending emergency departments, but the effect of intervention by staff working in these departments is unclear. We investigated the effect of screening and referral of patients found to be misusing alcohol while attending an emergency department.
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