Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 351-356, 2004
Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 39, No. 4 © Medical Council on Alcohol 2004; all rights reserved
ATTITUDES AND MANAGING ALCOHOL PROBLEMS IN GENERAL PRACTICE: AN INTERACTION ANALYSIS BASED ON FINDINGS FROM A WHO COLLABORATIVE STUDY
1 Centre for Quality of Care Research, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, 229 WOK, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2 Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 3 Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia, 4 World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 Centre for Alcohol and Drug Studies, University of Northumbria, UK, 6 Alcohol Unit of Generalitat. Clinical Institut of Psychiatry and Psychology Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain and 7 Scientific Society of Flemish General Practitioners, Department Research, Belgium
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed at: Centre for Quality of Care Research, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, 229 WOK, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Tel: +31243445130, Fax: +31243443137, E-mail: pdanderson{at}compuserve.com.
(Received 5 October 2003, first review notified 19 December 2003, in revised form 6 January 2004, accepted 11 January 2004)
Aims: To determine if GPs' attitudes towards working with drinkers moderated the impact that training and support had on screening and brief intervention activity in routine practice. Methods: Subjects were 340 GPs from four countries who were part of a World Health Organization randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of training and support in increasing screening and brief alcohol intervention. GPs' self-reported attitudes towards working with drinkers were measured with the Shortened Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Perception Questionnaire. Results: Whereas training and support increased GPs' screening and brief intervention rates, it did so only for practitioners who already felt secure and committed in working with drinkers. Training and support did not improve attitudes towards working with drinkers and, moreover, worsened the attitudes of those who were already insecure and uncommitted. Conclusions: To enhance the involvement of GPs in the management of alcohol problems, interventions that increase both actual experience and address practitioners' attitudes is required. Such support could take the form of on-site support agents and facilitators.
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