Physical leisure activities and their role in preventing dementia: A systematic review
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2009
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Stern, C.
Konno, R.
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2009; 65(12):2509-2513
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Stern C. and Konno R.
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Review question: Are brief interventions effective to reduce alcohol consumption and to improve outcomes for heavy alcohol users admitted to general hospital inpatient units?
What is known of this topic: Research suggests that a high number of patients admitted to general hospitals experience alcohol-related problems, often unrelated to the conditions they were admitted to treat. Admission to hospital as an inpatient, in general medical wards and trauma centres, provides an opportunity whereby heavy alcohol users are accessible, have time for an intervention and may be made aware of any links between their hospitalisation and alcohol. Traditionally, interventions are offered only when individuals were diagnosed as alcohol dependent, though recent evidence has suggested benefits from intervening earlier using screening and brief interventions. Brief interventions involve a time-limited intervention that focuses on changing behaviour.
Summary: Brief interventions to heavy alcohol users admitted to general hospital wards are beneficial in terms of reduction in alcohol consumption and death rates. However, these findings are based on studies involving mainly male participants. Abraha, Iosief, and Cusi, Cristina. CBS- Cochrane Book Series : Alcohol and Drug Misuse : A Cochrane Handbook. Somerset, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, 2012. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 8 February 2015. Copyright © 2012. John Wiley & Sons. All rights reserved.
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Copyright 2009 Blackwell Publishing