There is suggestive but inconclusive evidence from the trials of a benefit in the use of brief interventions for risk factor modification in patients with coronary heart disease .
This review , however , supports the concept that brief interventions for patients with coronary heart disease can have beneficial effects on risk factor modification and consequently on progression of coronary heart disease .
Further trials using larger sample sizes need to be undertaken to demonstrate the benefits of brief structured intervention targeted at the modification of single or multiple risk factors
BACKGROUND The physical and psychosocial benefits of participation in cardiac rehabilitation following a coronary event have well been established .
Despite these benefits there is strong evidence that participation in traditional cardiac rehabilitation programs remains low .
Various models of cardiac rehabilitation have been implemented including the use of brief structured interventions to enable modification of coronary risk factors .
OBJECTIVES The objective of this review was to determine the effect of brief structured interventions on risk factor modification in patients with coronary heart disease .
The long-term effectiveness of brief interventions for unsafe alcohol consumption: a 10-year follow-up.
AIMS To examine the long-term impact of brief and early interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption . DESIGN A 9-month and 10-year follow-up of subjects recruited into a r and omized controlled trial of a range of alcohol-related brief interventions . SETTING General practice s , the outpatient or acute care services of a major city hospital , and a privately run health screening programmeme . PARTICIPANTS The cohort of 554 ( non-dependent ) hazardous and harmful drinkers recruited into the Australian arm of the Phase II World Health Organization collaborative project on identification and treatment of persons with harmful alcohol consumption . INTERVENTION The effectiveness of three forms of intervention , ranging from 5 to 60 minutes in duration , were compared with a no-treatment control condition . MEASUREMENTS Included drinking behaviour and biological markers of alcohol use . In addition , at 10 years subjects were asked about symptoms of diagnosable alcohol use disorders and their experience of alcohol-related psychological , social and physical harm . Mortality was also assessed . FINDINGS Results provide further evidence for the short-term effectiveness of alcohol-related brief interventions . In comparison to controls , subjects offered intervention : ( 1 ) report significantly lower consumption ; and ( 2 ) less unsafe drinking at 9-month follow-up . The intensity of intervention was not related to the amount of change in drinking behaviour . Analysis at 10 years failed to find any differences in outcomes between intervention and control groups in median consumption , mean reduction in consumption from baseline to follow-up , mortality and ICD-10 diagnoses of alcohol dependence or harmful alcohol use . CONCLUSIONS This study failed to find evidence that brief advice and counselling without regular follow-up and reinforcement can sustain significant long-term reductions in drinking behaviour at 10-year follow-up
There is suggestive but inconclusive evidence from the trials of a benefit in the use of brief interventions for risk factor modification in patients with coronary heart disease .
This review , however , supports the concept that brief interventions for patients with coronary heart disease can have beneficial effects on risk factor modification and consequently on progression of coronary heart disease .
Further trials using larger sample sizes need to be undertaken to demonstrate the benefits of brief structured intervention targeted at the modification of single or multiple risk factors
BACKGROUND The physical and psychosocial benefits of participation in cardiac rehabilitation following a coronary event have well been established .
Despite these benefits there is strong evidence that participation in traditional cardiac rehabilitation programs remains low .
Various models of cardiac rehabilitation have been implemented including the use of brief structured interventions to enable modification of coronary risk factors .
OBJECTIVES The objective of this review was to determine the effect of brief structured interventions on risk factor modification in patients with coronary heart disease .