Title |
Implementation of computerized alcohol screening and advice in an emergency department – a nursing staff perspective
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Published in |
International Emergency Nursing, November 2006
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DOI | 10.1016/j.aaen.2006.09.004 |
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Authors |
Preben Bendtsen, Marika Holmqvist, Kjell Johansson |
Abstract |
Changes in attitudes towards alcohol prevention among nursing staff are evaluated after implementing an opportunistic computerized alcohol screening and intervention (e-SBI) at an emergency department. After having assessed the patients in the triage room the nurses asked patients to perform the e-SBI on a touch screen computer. Before the start of the project more than 60% of the nurses expected the patients to react negatively when asked about their alcohol habits. After one year of screening only 10% reported experience of negative reactions from the patients. More than 50% of the nurses found it easy or very easy to ask the patients to perform the e-SBI and more than 75% of the nurses agreed that the e-SBI did not affect their workload. The proportion of nurses who considered alcohol prevention to be part of their duties at the emergency department did not change (40%) after implementing the e-SBI. During the two-year study period, 1982 patients completed the e-SBI which constituted 10-20% of all patients between 16 and 70 years of age attending the department for a sub critical condition. The e-SBI seems to have better potential than ordinary alcohol screening and intervention for implementation into routine emergency departments due to its simplicity and low time consumption. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
Brazil | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 58 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 11 | 18% |
Student > Master | 9 | 15% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 15% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 12% |
Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 12% |
Other | 9 | 15% |
Unknown | 8 | 13% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 47% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 12% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 8% |
Psychology | 5 | 8% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 2% |
Other | 4 | 7% |
Unknown | 10 | 17% |