Alcohol-Related Nurse Care Management in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Experts recommend that alcohol use disorders (AUDs) be managed in primary care, but effective approaches are unclear.

Objective

To test whether 12 months of alcohol care management, compared with usual care, improved drinking outcomes among patients with or at high risk for AUDs.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial was conducted at 3 Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care clinics. Between October 11, 2011, and September 30, 2014, the study enrolled 304 outpatients who reported heavy drinking (≥4 drinks per day for women and ≥5 drinks per day for men).

Interventions

Nurse care managers offered outreach and engagement, repeated brief counseling using motivational interviewing and shared decision making about treatment options,

SUBMITTER: Bradley KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885256 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature