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Cutting down substance abuse--present state and visions among surgeons and nurses.
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The results of the present study may be utilized when developing a program to better involve surgeons and nurses in detection and intervention of surgical patients' substance abuse.About:
This article is published in Addictive Behaviors.The article was published on 2005-06-01. It has received 23 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Substance abuse & Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.read more
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The Recurrence of Acute Alcohol-Associated Pancreatitis Can Be Reduced: A Randomized Controlled Trial
TL;DR: The repeated visits at 6-month intervals at the gastrointestinal outpatient clinic, consisting of an intervention against alcohol consumption, appear to be better than the single standardized intervention alone during hospitalization in reducing the development of recurrent AP during a 2-year period.
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Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of mental illness among staff in general medical facilities in Kenya: practice and policy implications.
TL;DR: There are gaps in knowledge on mental illness which could be constructively filled with Continued Medical Education (CME), a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on staff in ten medical facilities in Kenya found.
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Abstinence after first acute alcohol-associated pancreatitis protects against recurrent pancreatitis and minimizes the risk of pancreatic dysfunction.
Jussi Nikkola,Sari Räty,Johanna Laukkarinen,Hanna Seppänen,Riitta Lappalainen-Lehto,Satu Järvinen,Isto Nordback,Juhani Sand +7 more
TL;DR: Regardless of the mediator mechanisms of acute alcoholic pancreatitis, abstinence after the first episode protects against recurrent attacks and Pancreatic dysfunction is also rare among abstinent patients.
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Health care professionals' knowledge and attitudes regarding substance use and substance users.
TL;DR: There is a dearth of empirical research, internationally, and particularly in Ireland that addresses health care professionals' knowledge and attitudes in relation to substance use and substance users with no empirical evidence to ascertain in particular, emergency department doctors' and nurses'knowledge and attitudes.
Involvement of nurses and midwives in screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful use of alcohol and other psychoactive substances.
TL;DR: This report provides details of a review of the literature on the involvement of nurses and midwives in screening and brief interventions for hazardous and harmful use of alcohol and other psychoactive substances.
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Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption-II
TL;DR: The AUDIT provides a simple method of early detection of hazardous and harmful alcohol use in primary health care settings and is the first instrument of its type to be derived on the basis of a cross-national study.
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The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): A Review of Recent Research
Duane F. Reinert,John P. Allen +1 more
TL;DR: Although more research is needed on non-English versions to establish their psychometric properties, at least in its English edition, the AUDIT demonstrates sensitivities and specificities comparable, and typically superior, to those of other self-report screening measures.
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Brief physician advice for problem drinkers: long-term efficacy and benefit-cost analysis.
Michael F. Fleming,Marlon P. Mundt,Michael T. French,Linda Baier Manwell,Ellyn A. Stauffacher,Kristen L. Barry +5 more
TL;DR: The long-term follow-up of Project TrEAT provides the first direct evidence that brief physician advice is associated with sustained reductions in alcohol use, health care utilization, motor vehicle events, and associated costs.
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Efficacy of brief interventions for hazardous drinkers in primary care: systematic review and meta-analyses.
TL;DR: The results, although indicating smaller effect sizes than previous meta-analyses, do support the moderate efficacy of BIs, as applied in the primary care setting.
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Intervention for excessive alcohol consumption in primary health care: attitudes and practices of English general practitioners.
TL;DR: Over the past 10 years, there appears to have been an increase in numbers of GPs who feel that they should be working with alcohol issues, but fewer GPs perceive themselves as being effective in this work.