ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2010
Do health educator telephone calls reduce at-risk drinking among older adults in primary care?
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Technology-Based Alcohol Interventions in Primary Care: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Brief intervention and decrease of alcohol consumption among women: a systematic review.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2013Pooled it
- The Effect of a Patient-Provider Educational Intervention to Reduce At-Risk Drinking on Changes in Health and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults: The Project SHARE Study.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2016Trial
- Examining the Impact of Separate Components of a Multicomponent Intervention Designed to Reduce At-Risk Drinking Among Older Adults: The Project SHARE Study.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2015Trial
- Changes in Classes of Injury-Related Risks and Consequences of Risk-Level Drinking: a Latent Transition Analysis.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2015Trial
- Primary care-based intervention to reduce at-risk drinking in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2011Trial
- A Narrative Review of Alcohol Prevention Interventions Among Older Adults.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2025Review
- Age as a moderator of motivational interviewing and nondirective client-centered psychotherapy for alcohol use disorder: An exploratory study.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Latent Classes Among Recipients of a Brief Alcohol Intervention: A Replication Analysis.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.) · 2016Article
- Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Misuse in Older Adults: Training Outcomes Among Physicians and Other Healthcare Practitioners in Community-Based Settings.Community mental health journal · 2015Article
- Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Older Adults With Substance Misuse.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Effectiveness of a theory-driven nutritional education program in improving calcium intake among older Mauritian adults.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2013Article
- A review of existing treatments for substance abuse among the elderly and recommendations for future directions.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2013Article
- New developments in brief interventions to treat problem drinking in nonspecialty health care settings.Current psychiatry reports · 2011Review
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use has not been consistently delivered in primary care as part of preventive healthcare.
objectiveTo explore whether telephone-based intervention delivered by a health educator is efficacious in reducing at-risk drinking among older adults in primary care settings.
designSecondary analyses of data from a randomized controlled trial.
participantsSubjects randomized to the intervention arm of the trial (n = 310).
interventionsPersonalized risk reports, advice from physicians, booklet about alcohol and aging, and up to three telephone calls from a health educator. All interventions were completed before the three-month follow-up. MEASUREMENTS: Risk outcomes (at-risk or not at-risk) at 3 and 12 months after enrollment. MAIN
resultsIn univariate analyses, compared to those who remained at risk, those who achieved not at-risk outcome at 3 months were more likely to be women, Hispanic or non-white, have lower levels of education, consume less alcohol, drink less frequently, and have lower baseline number of risks. In mixed-effects logistic regression models, completing all three health educator calls increased the odds of achieving not at-risk outcome compared to not completing any calls at 3 months (OR 5.31; 95% CI 1.92-14.7; p = 0.001), but not at 12 months (OR 2.01; 95% CI 0.71-5.67; p = 0.18).
conclusionsTelephone-based intervention delivered by a health educator was moderately efficacious in reducing at-risk drinking at 3 months after enrollment among older adults receiving a multi-faceted intervention in primary care settings; however, the effect was not sustained at 12 months.
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