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GPs should give patients with problem drinking a leaflet rather than advise them to reduce their alcohol intake, finds a new study being considered by QOF advisors.
The SIPS study found informing patients of their drinking levels and offering a leaflet ? handed to patients by a practice nurse ? was just as effective as giving patients five- or 10- minutes of lifestyle counselling.
The study is currently being looked at by NICE as a model for a planned future indicator linked to screening and intervening in patients consuming too much alcohol.
This new research in GP practices suggests that giving patients the results of their screening and a leaflet may be the most effective approach, rather than more intensive methods.
The findings, published in the BMJ this week, were from a prospective trial involving 756 patients recruited in primary care practices in the north east and south east of England and in London.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/clinica...drinking-researchers-suggest/20001448.article
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The SIPS study found informing patients of their drinking levels and offering a leaflet ? handed to patients by a practice nurse ? was just as effective as giving patients five- or 10- minutes of lifestyle counselling.
The study is currently being looked at by NICE as a model for a planned future indicator linked to screening and intervening in patients consuming too much alcohol.
This new research in GP practices suggests that giving patients the results of their screening and a leaflet may be the most effective approach, rather than more intensive methods.
The findings, published in the BMJ this week, were from a prospective trial involving 756 patients recruited in primary care practices in the north east and south east of England and in London.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/clinica...drinking-researchers-suggest/20001448.article
(free registration required)