OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of three brief methods of reducing @entity167 consumption among family practice @entity1 . DESIGN: @entity1 randomly assigned to one of three interventions were assessed initially and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up appointments. SETTING: Family practice clinic composed of 12 primary care physicians seeing approximately 6000 adults monthly in a small urban community, population 40,000. @entity1 : Through a screening questionnaire, 134 @entity1 and 131 @entity1 were identified as hazardous drinkers (five or more drinks at least once monthly) during an 11-month screening of 1420 @entity1 . Of 265 @entity1 approached, 180 agreed to participate and 159 (83 @entity1 and 76 @entity1 ) actually participated in the study. INTERVENTIONS: Three interventions were studied: brief physician advice (5 minutes), two 30-minute sessions with a physician using cognitive behavioural strategies or two 30-minute sessions with a nurse practitioner using identical strategies. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Quantity and frequency (QF) of drinking were used to assess reduction in hazardous drinking and problems related to drinking over 12 months of follow up. RESULTS: No statistical difference between groups was found. The QF of monthly drinking was reduced overall by 66% (among @entity1 ) and 74% (among @entity1 ) for those reporting at least one hazardous drinking day weekly at assessment (N = 96). @entity1 reported drinking significantly more than @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: These results indicated that offering brief, specific advice can motivate @entity1 to reduce their @entity167 intake. There was no difference in effect between brief advice from their own physician or brief intervention by a physician or a nurse.

Reducing XXXX consumption. Comparing three brief methods in family practice.

@entity167 :: ('CHEBI:16236', 'Chemical') :: ['alcohol'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Patients', 'patients', 'Men', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'men']
@entity167 :: (CHEBI:16236,Chemical) :: ['alcohol']
