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Danish Feasibility Study of a New Innovation for Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems in Primary Care: The 15-method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

P. Schøler ,
J. Søndergaard  and
A. Nielsen
P. Schøler*
Affiliation:
The University of Southern Denmark, Unit For Clinical Alcohol Research, Clinical Institute, Odense C, Denmark
J. Søndergaard
Affiliation:
The University of Southern Denmark, Research Unit Of General Practice, Department Of Public Health, Odense, Denmark
A. Nielsen
Affiliation:
The University of Southern Denmark, Unit For Clinical Alcohol Research, Clinical Institute, Odense C, Denmark
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The 15-method: a new brief intervention tool for alcohol problems in primary care, has shown promising results in Sweden for mild to moderate alcohol use disorders.

Objectives

To evaluate the 15-method’s usability, organizational integration, and overall implementation feasibility in Danish general practice (GP) in preparation for a large-scale evaluation of the method’s effectiveness in identifying and treating alcohol problems in GP.

Methods

In the Central and Southern Region of Denmark, five general practices participated: seven doctors and eight nurses. Participants received half a day of training in the 15-method. Testing of implementation strategies and overall applicability ran for two months. A focus group interview, two individual interviews with the participating doctors, and five individual patient interviews concluded the study phase.

Results

indicate that implementation of the 15-method is feasible in Danish general practice. The healthcare professionals and patients were optimistic about the method and its possibilities. The method was considered a new patient-centred treatment offer and provided structure to a challenging topic. An interdisciplinary approach was much welcomed. Results indicate that the method is ready for large-scale assessment.

Conclusions

Implementation of the 15-method is considered feasible in Danish general practice, and large-scale evaluation is currently being planned. The results from the present feasibility study, and an overview of the large-scale evaluation, will be presented at the conference.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Screening and Brief InterventionAlcohol TreatmentAlcohol use disorderGeneral Practice
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S812 - S813
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