The Expectancy Challenge Alcohol Literacy Curriculum (ECALC): A single session group intervention to reduce alcohol use.

OBJECTIVE: To verify the effectiveness of brief group intervention, performed by nurses, in reducing the hazardous or harmful alcohol use in users of a primary health care service. METHODS: Clinical and randomized trial with follow-up of three months. The sample had 180 individuals with a pattern of hazardous or harmful alcohol use, recruited in a Basic Health Unit in the city of São Paulo. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (Audit) were applied. The experimental group underwent the Brief Group Intervention, which had four group sessions, with weekly meetings. The control group received an information leaflet about issues related to alcohol consumption. Both groups participated in the follow-up of three months. The linear mixed model was used for data analysis, in which a 5% significance level was adopted. RESULTS: Forty-four individuals under hazardous or harmful alcohol use completed all phases of the research. The experimental group had a statistically significant reduction (p ≤ 0.01) of about 10 points in Audit score after the brief group intervention [before BGI = 15.89 (SD = 6.62) – hazardous use; after BGI = 6.40 (SD = 5.05) – low hazardous use] maintaining the low hazardous use in follow-up [6.69 (SD = 6.38) – low hazardous use]. The control group had a statistically significant reduction (p ≤ 0.01) of about three points in Audit score [before BGI = 13.11 (SD = 4.54) – hazardous use; after BGI = 9.83 (SD = 5.54) – hazardous use] and in follow-up presented the mean score of 13.00 (SD = 5.70), indicative of hazardous use. Differences between the two groups (experimental group versus control group) in reduction of consumption were statistically significant (p ≤ 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Our evidence showed that the brief group intervention performed by the nurse in the primary health care context was effective to reduce alcohol consumption in individuals with patterns of hazardous or harmful use.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Single-session motivational intervention to decrease alcohol use during pregnancy.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.726315908.793517462 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Ariadna Forray

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Use ◽

Motivational Intervention ◽

Single Session

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Feasibility and acceptability of a single-session, videoconference-delivered group intervention for pain in multiple sclerosis.

Rehabilitation Psychology ◽

10.1037/rep0000360 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Kevin N. Alschuler ◽

Jennifer K. Altman ◽

Dawn M. Ehde

Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Group Intervention ◽

Single Session

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Does conjunctive tissue massage increase range of motion in muscles with plastic hypertonia due to Parkinson's disease?

Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior ◽

10.20338/bjmb.v14i01.163 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (01) ◽

pp. 24-32

Author(s):

Carolina Menezes Fiorelli ◽

Amanda Camargo da Silva ◽

Alexandre Fiorelli ◽

Tiago Penedo ◽

Fabiana Araújo-Silva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Parkinson’S Disease ◽

Parkinson's Disease ◽

Older People ◽

Range Of Motion ◽

Group Intervention ◽

Single Session ◽

After Effects ◽

Flexion Extension ◽

Main Effect ◽

Cervical Rotation

BACKGROUND:Plastic hypertonia (rigidity), presented by individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD), leads to reduced range of motion (ROM), impairing daily activities and balance reactions. Connective tissue massage (CTM) promotes increased ROM in normotonic muscles, however its effects on hypertonic muscles are not yet known. AIM: To verify the immediate and acute (1h after) effects of CTM on cervical ROM in individuals with PD. METHOD: Cervical ROM during anterior flexion, extension, lateral flexion, and rotation was evaluated using a fleximeter at three moments: before (M1), immediately after (M2), and one hour after (M3) CTM in 14 older people with PD (PDG) and 13 neurologically healthy older people (CG). RESULTS: The CG presented a higher ROM than the PDG for the cervical rotation movement. In addition, there was interaction between group*intervention time. The cervical rotation movement was higher for the CG than PDG at M2 and M3. On the other hand, there was no main effect of intervention time. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that a single session of CTM was not sufficient to promote an increase in ROM in either normotonic or hypertonic muscles in older people, but the higher ROM for cervical rotation in the CG versus PDG was evident after CTM.

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