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| العنوان: |
Risky Alcohol Consumption in the Elderly: Screening and Brief Intervention from Primary Care. The ALANE Study, a Randomized Clinical Trial. |
| المؤلفون: |
Torán, Pere, Montesinos, Susanna, Pachón-Camacho, Alba, Diez-Fadrique, Galadriel, Ruiz-Rojano, Irene, Arteaga, Ingrid, Pera, Guillem, Montellà-Jordana, Núria, Montero-Alía, Pilar, Rodríguez-Pérez, Carmina, Caballeria, Llorenç, Chacón, Carla |
| المصدر: |
Beverages; Dec2023, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p100, 15p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
ALCOHOL drinking, CLINICAL trials, COMMUNITY-based clinical trials, PRIMARY care, MOTIVATIONAL interviewing, OLDER women, OLDER people, REMINISCENCE therapy, OLDER men |
| مستخلص: |
Background: Risky alcohol consumption (RAC) can lead to alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). Liver cirrhosis caused by ALD continues to increase as alcohol consumption continues unabated. In turn, the elderly are more sensitive to alcohol. Population ageing calls for preventive activities to improve their health. Brief interventions have proven to be cost-effective in addressing risk behaviours. Aim: We aimed to analyse the prevalence of RAC in people > 64 years and to assess the effect of a brief intervention in the subgroup of risky consumers. Methods: population-based study in two phases: (1) Phase I: Cross-sectional, descriptive multicentre study of prevalence of RAC in people > 64 years. (2) Phase II: Cluster randomized, controlled, single-blind, community-based clinical trial with two comparison groups of subjects with RAC, to assess the effectiveness of a brief intervention compared to standard practice in reducing alcohol consumption in primary care. Results: Out of the 932 subjects, 455 (49%) (268 men (64%) and 187 women (36%)) had an alcohol consumption that was considered to be risky. Overall, the brief intervention was effective in reducing alcohol consumption showing 1.8 OR (p = 0.030). That effect was caused by women whose group showed 3.3 OR (p = 0.009). There was no effect on men (p = 0.468). Conclusions: RAC in the elderly is very high, far more in men than in women. A brief intervention was successful in reducing alcohol consumption but not below risk levels. Further research is needed to determine which types of interventions are most effective in this population subgroup. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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