SynthesisBMC surgery2011
Will emergency and surgical patients participate in and complete alcohol interventions? A systematic review.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness and implementation of interventions for health promotion in urgent and emergency care settings: an umbrella review.BMC emergency medicine · 2023Pooled it
- The role of social network support in treatment outcomes for medication for opioid use disorder: A systematic review.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of guided and unguided low-intensity internet interventions for adult alcohol misuse: a meta-analysis.PloS one · 2014Pooled it
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- Association between inpatient AUDIT-C alcohol screening scores and postoperative outcomes: a retrospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Perceived health, adversity, and posttraumatic stress disorder in Syrian and Iraqi refugees.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2022Article
- Unhealthy alcohol use is associated with postoperative complications in veterans undergoing lung resection.Journal of thoracic disease · 2018Article
- Hospital contacts with alcohol problems prior to liver cirrhosis or pancreatitis diagnosis.World journal of hepatology · 2017Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundIn the everyday surgical life, staff may experience that patients with Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs) seem reluctant to participate in alcohol intervention programs. The objective was therefore to assess acceptance of screening and intervention as well as adherence to the intervention program among emergency department (ED) and surgical patients with AUDs.
methodsA systematic literature search was followed by extraction of acceptance and adherence rates in ED and surgical patients. Numbers needed to screen (NNS) were calculated. Subgroup analyses were carried out based on different study characteristics.
resultsThe literature search revealed 33 relevant studies. Of these, 31 were randomized trials, 28 were conducted in EDs and 31 evaluated the effect of brief alcohol intervention. Follow-up was mainly conducted after six and/or twelve months.Four in five ED patients accepted alcohol screening and two in three accepted participation in intervention. In surgical patients, two in three accepted screening and the intervention acceptance rate was almost 100%. The adherence rate was above 60% for up to twelve months in both ED and surgical patients. The NNS to identify one eligible AUD patient and to get one eligible patient to accept participation in alcohol intervention varied from a few up to 70 patients.The rates did not differ between randomized and non-randomized trials, brief and intensive interventions or validated and self-reported alcohol consumption. Adherence rates were not affected by patients' group allocation and type of follow-up.
conclusionsMost emergency and surgical patients with AUD accept participation in alcohol screening and interventions and complete the intervention program.
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