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SynthesisAlcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)

The impact of brief alcohol interventions in primary healthcare: a systematic review of reviews.

Amy O'Donnell, Peter Anderson, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Bernd Schulte, Christiane Schmidt, Jens Reimer, Eileen Kaner

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04706624 (Screen, Treat and Retain Meth-using People With Opioid Use Disorders at Methadone Clinics), which is not on this map. Cited by 235 papers, 21 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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235citing papers in PubMed, 21 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04706624 nacompletednot on this map

Screen, Treat and Retain Meth-using People With Opioid Use Disorders at Methadone Clinics

TypeinterventionalSponsorHanoi Medical UniversityRan2021 to 2025Enrolled667ConditionsMethamphetamine Abuse, Opioid-use Disorder, HIV SeropositivityArmsContingency management (12 weeks), Contingency management (6 weeks), SMS reminders, Matrix only, Matrix + Contingency management
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

235 citing papers in PubMed, 21 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Investigating for Whom Brief Substance Use Interventions Are Most Effective: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023
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  18. Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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175 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Amy O'DonnellCorresponding author: Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK. e.f.s.kaner@newcastle.ac.uk.
Peter Anderson
Dorothy Newbury-Birch
Bernd Schulte
Christiane Schmidt
Jens Reimer
Eileen Kaner

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K02325X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThe aim of the study was to assess the cumulative evidence on the effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary healthcare in order to highlight key knowledge gaps for further research.

methodsAn overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the effectiveness of brief alcohol intervention in primary healthcare published between 2002 and 2012.

findingsTwenty-four systematic reviews met the eligibility criteria (covering a total of 56 randomized controlled trials reported across 80 papers). Across the included studies, it was consistently reported that brief intervention was effective for addressing hazardous and harmful drinking in primary healthcare, particularly in middle-aged, male drinkers. Evidence gaps included: brief intervention effectiveness in key groups (women, older and younger drinkers, minority ethnic groups, dependent/co-morbid drinkers and those living in transitional and developing countries); and the optimum brief intervention length and frequency to maintain longer-term effectiveness.

conclusionThis overview highlights the large volume of primarily positive evidence supporting brief alcohol intervention effects as well as some unanswered questions with regards to the effectiveness of brief alcohol intervention across different cultural settings and in specific population groups, and in respect of the optimum content of brief interventions that might benefit from further research.

Indexed as

AlcoholismCounselingEarly Medical InterventionHumansPrimary Health Care

Identifiers

PMID24232177
PMCPMC3865817

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