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Effects of Brief Advice from Family Physicians on the Readiness to Change of Korean Male At-risk Drinkers

BACKGROUND: This study examined the effects of the method of delivery of brief advice on the readiness to change in at-risk drinkers. METHODS: The participants were 103 at-risk male drinkers who visited Chungnam National University Hospital for general health examinations. Baseline data on drinking...

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Autores principales: Kwon, Bora, Kim, Jong Sung, Kim, Sung Soo, Jung, Jin Gyu, Kim, Min Yeong, Song, In Gyu, Youn, Kwang Mi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: The Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22787538
http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2012.33.3.157
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author Kwon, Bora
Kim, Jong Sung
Kim, Sung Soo
Jung, Jin Gyu
Kim, Min Yeong
Song, In Gyu
Youn, Kwang Mi
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Kim, Jong Sung
Kim, Sung Soo
Jung, Jin Gyu
Kim, Min Yeong
Song, In Gyu
Youn, Kwang Mi
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description BACKGROUND: This study examined the effects of the method of delivery of brief advice on the readiness to change in at-risk drinkers. METHODS: The participants were 103 at-risk male drinkers who visited Chungnam National University Hospital for general health examinations. Baseline data on drinking behavior, readiness to change drinking behavior, and sociodemographic characteristics were obtained from a questionnaire. Family physicians gave two minutes of advice by telephone or in-person. The brief advice comprised a simple statement that the patient's drinking exceeded the recommended limits and could lead to alcohol-related problems. It also included advice to moderate one's drinking. One month later, the readiness to change was assessed again by telephone. The improvement in the readiness to change according to each method of delivery was investigated. RESULTS: Initially, among the 58-patient in-person advice group, 12 patients were in the precontemplation stage, 38 in the contemplation stage, and 8 in the action stage. One month after the advice was given to the patients, the distribution had changed significantly (P < 0.001) to 1, 21, and 36 patients, respectively. Among the 45-patient telephone advice group, 7 patients were in the precontemplation stage, 32 patients were in the contemplation stage, and 6 patients were in the action stage before the advice. The distribution had changed significantly (P < 0.001) to 1, 17, and 27 patients, respectively, 1 month after the advice. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that brief advice by family physicians is effective in improving the readiness to change of at-risk drinkers, regardless of the delivery method.
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spelling pubmed-33916412012-07-17 Effects of Brief Advice from Family Physicians on the Readiness to Change of Korean Male At-risk Drinkers Kwon, Bora Kim, Jong Sung Kim, Sung Soo Jung, Jin Gyu Kim, Min Yeong Song, In Gyu Youn, Kwang Mi Korean J Fam Med Original Article BACKGROUND: This study examined the effects of the method of delivery of brief advice on the readiness to change in at-risk drinkers. METHODS: The participants were 103 at-risk male drinkers who visited Chungnam National University Hospital for general health examinations. Baseline data on drinking behavior, readiness to change drinking behavior, and sociodemographic characteristics were obtained from a questionnaire. Family physicians gave two minutes of advice by telephone or in-person. The brief advice comprised a simple statement that the patient's drinking exceeded the recommended limits and could lead to alcohol-related problems. It also included advice to moderate one's drinking. One month later, the readiness to change was assessed again by telephone. The improvement in the readiness to change according to each method of delivery was investigated. RESULTS: Initially, among the 58-patient in-person advice group, 12 patients were in the precontemplation stage, 38 in the contemplation stage, and 8 in the action stage. One month after the advice was given to the patients, the distribution had changed significantly (P < 0.001) to 1, 21, and 36 patients, respectively. Among the 45-patient telephone advice group, 7 patients were in the precontemplation stage, 32 patients were in the contemplation stage, and 6 patients were in the action stage before the advice. The distribution had changed significantly (P < 0.001) to 1, 17, and 27 patients, respectively, 1 month after the advice. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that brief advice by family physicians is effective in improving the readiness to change of at-risk drinkers, regardless of the delivery method. The Korean Academy of Family Medicine 2012-05 2012-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3391641/ /pubmed/22787538 http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2012.33.3.157 Text en Copyright © 2012 The Korean Academy of Family Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Jung, Jin Gyu
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Song, In Gyu
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2012.33.3.157
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