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Risk-drinking. The use of alcohol that is, or may become harmful, but where no addiction is present. Effects. Risky drinking has large impact on many of the common diagnoses in family medicine, such as hypertension, cardiac arythmia, depression, anxiety, insomnia etc. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Risk-drinking
• The use of alcohol that is, or may become harmful, but where no addiction is present.
Effects
• Risky drinking has large impact on many of the common diagnoses in family medicine, such as hypertension, cardiac arythmia, depression, anxiety, insomnia etc.
The risk-drinking patients usually have no problem
to cut back alcohol consumption,
once they realize the connection to their health
problems.
GPs agree that it is important that patients with a risk-drinking profile are identified and get
advice on changing habits
BUT :
• 50% ask patients about use of alcohol
• 75% think they cannot influence how much their patients drink
• 97,1% wish to get more education in the field
The Risk-drinking Project
How to teach GPs an effective approach to achieve changes in their patients habits of
alcohol consumption
Three main points of strategy
• Forceful economic support by the government both to a national knowledge centre and to all of the country’s health care regions
• Use professional organisations
• Focus on education and networks
Issues about alcohol habits shall be a natural element in daily
health care in such a way that it reflects the importance alcohol has as a source of injuries and
illnesses
Goal
HOW ?
• PATIENT-CENTRED approach – is it in the interest of the patient ?
• EMPOWERMENT – to summon the powers within the patient.
• MI
Culture competence
• Methodology suited to the daily practices of doctors and nurses
Cave!”commando
training”
The risk-drinking workshop
• An educational model, using the experiences of the practitioner to overcome obstacles and fears when dealing with the risk-drinking patient:
BarriersFacts/experiencesMethods of Consultation /MI
Methodology
Combining the risk drinking workshop with training in motivational interviewing has proven to be successful.
OPPORTUNITY 1
• Has the patient noticed that his /her problem has a connection to alcohol ?
OPPORTUNITY 2
• Offer information in connection to the patients diagnosis
OPPORTUNITY 3
• Provide information on treatment .
OPPORTUNITY 4
• Introduce the idea of different sensibility.
OPPORTUNITY 5
• Test if there is a connection
OPPORTUNITY 6
• Lab tests
• NB To talk with the patient has a much higher sensitivity and specificity than most labresults
How to reach us
• www.fhi.se / riskbruksprojektet
• English version available at the site
• E-mail: asa(.)[email protected]
Seven sub-projects
• Motivational Interviewing - MI
• General practitioners
• Specialist trainee doctors (ST-doctors)
• District nurses
• Maternity health care
• Child health care
• Occupational health