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Trial reportScandinavian journal of primary health care2021

Treating alcohol use disorders in primary care - a qualitative evaluation of a new innovation: the 15-method.

Sara Wallhed Finn, Anders Hammarberg, Sven Andreasson, Maria Jirwe

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Scandinavian journal of primary health care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Barriers to alcohol intervention program: a scoping review.Korean journal of family medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sara Wallhed FinnDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anders HammarbergDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Karolinska Institutet, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sven AndreassonDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maria JirweDepartment of Health Science, Red Cross University College, Stockholm, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study aims to explore how the characteristics of an innovation, the 15-method, a stepped care model for treatment of alcohol use disorders in primary care was perceived. METHODS/DESIGN/SETTING/SUBJECT: General practitioners and heads of primary care units (

resultsThe participants described that offering the 15-method met a need among their patients. Participants were positive towards the training and the manual for the method. They mentioned a previous lack of routines to work with alcohol use disorders. The 15-method was described as easy to use. It would however be more feasible to implement in a team of different professions, rather than among general practitioners only. Priorities made by regional health care managers were described as important for the implementation, as well as financial incentives. A barrier to implementation was that alcohol screening was perceived as difficult. While the 15-method was perceived as effective in reducing the patients' alcohol use and cost effective, participants expressed uncertainty about the long-term effects.

conclusionsThe 15-method provides structure for treatment of alcohol use disorders and is described by general practitioners and heads as a promising approach. Being able to offer treatment for alcohol dependence may increase the uptake of alcohol interventions in primary care.KEY POINTSLittle attention has been given to develop treatment models for alcohol use disorders that are adapted to primary care settings.This study describes how an innovation, the 15-method, a stepped care model for treatment of alcohol use disorders in primary care was perceived.The 15-method provides structure for treatment of alcohol use disorders in primary care and is described by general practitioners and heads as a promising approach.Being able to offer treatment for alcohol dependence may increase the uptake of alcohol interventions in primary care.

Indexed as

AlcoholismGeneral PractitionersAlcohol DrinkingHumansMotivationPrimary Health CareQualitative Researchalcoholalcohol use disordersimplementationqualitative methodstepped caretreatment

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PMID33586596
PMCPMC7971313

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