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Impact of health consequences feedback on patients acceptance of advice about alcohol consumption
R Patton1, M J Crawford, R Touquet
1Department of Psychological Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK. r.patton@ic.ac.uk
Objectives:
To demonstrate the impact of health consequences feedback on patients willingness to accept advice about drinking.
Methods:
281 patients identified as hazardous drinkers were offered advice about alcohol consumption. During the experimental period patients' were given feedback as to the health consequences.
Results:
Introduction of feedback led to a 23% increase in the proportion of patients who were willing to accept brief advice.
Conclusions:
Feedback provision should be included as part of Screening and Brief intervention programmes to increase the number of patients that may benefit from an intervention.
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