Effectiveness of training family physicians to deliver a brief intervention to address excessive substance use among young patients: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Haller, Dagmar M.; Meynard-Colomb, Anne; Lefebvre-Ramseyer, Danièle; Ukoumunne, Obioha C; Narring, Françoise; Broers, Barbara

doi:10.1503/cmaj.131301

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Effectiveness of training family physicians to deliver a brief intervention to address excessive substance use among young patients: a cluster randomized controlled trial

ContributorsHaller, Dagmar M.

; Meynard-Colomb, Anne; Lefebvre-Ramseyer, Danièle; Ukoumunne, Obioha C; Narring, Françoise; Broers, Barbara

Published inCMAJ. Canadian Medical Association journal, vol. 186, no. 8, p. E263-272

Publication date2014

Abstract

Brief interventions delivered by family physicians to address excessive alcohol use among adult patients are effective. We conducted a study to determine whether such an intervention would be similarly effective in reducing binge drinking and excessive cannabis use among young people.

Keywords

Adolescent
Alcoholism/prevention & control/therapy
Attitude of Health Personnel
Cluster Analysis
Confidence Intervals
Female
Humans
Intervention Studies
Male
Odds Ratio
Patient Education as Topic
Physician's Practice Patterns
Physicians, Family/education
Pilot Projects
Substance-Related Disorders/prevention & control/therapy
Switzerland
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

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HALLER, Dagmar M. et al. Effectiveness of training family physicians to deliver a brief intervention to address excessive substance use among young patients: a cluster randomized controlled trial. In: CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association journal, 2014, vol. 186, n° 8, p. E263–272. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.131301

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PID : unige:55166
DOI : 10.1503/cmaj.131301
PMID : 24616136

Journal ISSN0820-3946

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Effectiveness of training family physicians to deliver a brief intervention to address excessive substance use among young patients: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Brief interventions delivered by family physicians to address excessive alcohol use among adult patients are effective. We conducted a study to determine whether such an intervention would be similarly effective in reducing binge drinking and excessive cannabis use among young people.

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