Trial reportBMC family practice2016
Feasibility of alcohol screening among patients receiving opioid treatment in primary care.
Trial report in BMC family practice, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychosocial interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug users.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Associations Between a Primary Care-Delivered Alcohol-Related Brief Intervention and Subsequent Opioid-Related Outcomes.The American journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Integrating Hepatitis C Care for Opioid Substitution Treatment Patients Attending General Practice: Feasibility, Clinical, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.Interactive journal of medical research · 2022Article
- Strategies to promote the implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) in healthcare settings: a scoping review.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- Pain severity and prescription opioid misuse among individuals with chronic pain: The moderating role of alcohol use severity.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- Hepatitis C Prevalence and Management Among Patients Receiving Opioid Substitution Treatment in General Practice in Ireland: Baseline Data from a Feasibility Study.Interactive journal of medical research · 2018Article
- National Institute on Drug Abuse International Program: improving opioid use disorder treatment through international research training.Current opinion in psychiatry · 2018Review
- Integrated Hepatitis C Care for People Who Inject Drugs (Heplink): Protocol for a Feasibility Study in Primary Care.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
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Authors and funding
18 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundIdentifying and treating problem alcohol use among people who also use illicit drugs is a challenge. Primary care is well placed to address this challenge but there are several barriers which may prevent this occurring. The objective of this study was to determine if a complex intervention designed to support screening and brief intervention for problem alcohol use among people receiving opioid agonist treatment is feasible and acceptable to healthcare providers and their patients in a primary care setting.
methodsA randomised, controlled, pre-and-post design measured feasibility and acceptability of alcohol screening based on recruitment and retention rates among patients and practices. Efficacy was measured by screening and brief intervention rates and the proportion of patients with problem alcohol use.
resultsOf 149 practices that were invited, 19 (12.8 %) agreed to participate. At follow up, 13 (81.3 %) practices with 81 (62.8 %) patients were retained. Alcohol screening rates in the intervention group were higher at follow up than in the control group (53 % versus 26 %) as were brief intervention rates (47 % versus 19 %). Four (18 %) people reduced their problem drinking (measured by AUDIT-C), compared to two (7 %) in the control group.
conclusionsAlcohol screening among people receiving opioid agonist treatment in primary care seems feasible. A definitive trial is needed. Such a trial would require over sampling and greater support for participating practices to allow for challenges in recruitment of patients and practices.
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