| Risky drinking among community pharmacy customers in New Zealand and their attitudes towards pharmacist screening and brief interventions. | |
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PMID: 21463372 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Introduction and Aims. To estimate the prevalence of risky drinking among customers in community pharmacies and to explore customer attitudes towards screening and brief intervention (SBI). Design and Methods. Cross-sectional, anonymous survey, using random selection of community pharmacies in New Zealand to collect data using self-completion questionnaires and an opportunity to enter a prize draw. Participants were customers/patients attending the community pharmacy on a specific, randomly selected day (Monday to Friday) in one set week. Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)-C using a cut-off score of 5 was used to measure risky drinking. Attitudes towards pharmacists engaging in SBI for risky drinkers were measured. Results. 2384 completed customer/patient questionnaires from 43 participating pharmacies. Almost 84% ever drank alcohol and using a score of 5 or more as a cut-off, 30% of the sample would be considered as risky drinkers. Attitudes were generally positive to pharmacists undertaking SBI. Logistic regression with AUDIT-C positive or negative as the dependent variable found those taking medicines for mental health and liver disease being more likely to score negative on the AUDIT-C, and smokers and those purchasing hangover cures were more likely than average to have a positive AUDIT-C screen. Discussion and Conclusions. This study indicates there is scope for community pharmacists to undertake SBI for risky drinking, and that customers find this to be acceptable. Targeted screening may well be useful, in particular for smokers. Further research is required to explore the effectiveness of SBI for risky drinkers in this setting.[Sheridan J, Stewart J, Smart R, McCormick R. Risky drinking among community pharmacy customers in New Zealand and their attitudes towards pharmacist screening and brief interventions. Drug Alcohol Rev 2011]. |
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Janie Sheridan; Joanna Stewart; Ros Smart; Ross McCormick |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-4-5 |
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Title: Drug and alcohol review Volume: - ISSN: 1465-3362 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-4-5 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9015440 Medline TA: Drug Alcohol Rev Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs. |
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The School of Pharmacy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand The School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. |
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