Abstract

ROSA, Nídia Raquel Pereira; ABREU, Ângela Maria Mendes  and  BARROSO, Teresa Maria Mendes Diniz de Andrade. Effect of brief interventions in reducing hazardous alcohol consumption in users receiving methadone treatment. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2015, vol.serIV, n.6, pp.27-34. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIV14082.

Theoretical framework: Alcohol consumption in individuals receiving methadone treatment can be a problem for treatment stability and adherence. Objectives: To assess the effect of Brief Interventions in reducing hazardous risk consumption in users receiving methadone treatment Methodology: Pre-experimental study, with one-group pretest-posttest design. Non-randomised consecutive sample of 24 users. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was used. Brief interventions were performed by nurses with specific training. Results: At baseline, 16 subjects had a low risk, 6 had a hazardous risk, and 2 had a harmful risk. In the final assessment, 5 months after the Brief Interventions, 19 subjects had a low risk and 5 a hazardous risk. No cases were found of harmful drinking. A statistically significant reduction in the drinking risk levels was observed (p= .031). Conclusion: The results suggest positive effects of Brief Interventions in reducing hazardous alcohol in users receiving methadone treatment

Keywords : heroin dependence; methadone; alcoholic beverages; nursing.

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