TY - JOUR T1 - Brief counselling by a primary care physician or nurse practitioner reduced alcohol consumption in high risk drinkers JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 46 LP - 46 DO - 10.1136/ebn.3.2.46 VL - 3 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2000/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/3/2/46.abstract N2 - Ockene JK, Adams A, Hurley T, et al.Brief physician- and nurse practitioner-delivered counseling for high-risk drinkers. Does it work?Arch Intern Med1999 ;159:2198–205OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science QUESTION: Is brief counselling given by a physician or nurse practitioner during a routine outpatient visit effective in reducing alcohol consumption among high risk drinkers? Randomised (unclear allocation concealment), blinded (outcome assessors), controlled trial with 6 months of follow up.4 primary care internal medicine sites at a university medical centre in Massachusetts, USA.530 patients between 21 and 70 years of age (mean age 44 y, 65% men) who were scheduled to be seen at 1 of the 4 primary care sites and who were high risk drinkers (men who drank >12 drinks/wk or binged on ≥5 drinks on ≥1 occasion in the previous month; or women who drank >9 drinks/wk or binged on ≥4 drinks on ≥1 occasion in the previous month). Patients were excluded if … ER -