PMID- 19930864
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100303
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0300-0605 (Print)
IS  - 0300-0605 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 5
DP  - 2009 Sep-Oct
TI  - What may stimulate general practitioners to undertake screening and brief 
      intervention for excess alcohol consumption in Slovenia? A focus group study.
PG  - 1561-9
AB  - Screening and brief intervention (SBI) presents an effective early response by 
      healthcare professionals to their patients' alcohol-related problems. This 
      qualitative research study used focus group discussions with general 
      practitioners (GPs) to identify incentives that may increase the use of SBI in 
      Slovene general practice. Seven categories of actions that may improve the use of 
      SBI were identified: motivation, professional institution, financial support, 
      adequate knowledge and skills, community support, workload (i.e. relief from the 
      burden of current obligations in order to allow more time for prevention), and 
      record keeping (suitable medical documentation). Several of these actions can be 
      changed by the GPs themselves (motivation, adequate knowledge and skills, and 
      record keeping), while the remaining four require more extensive community action 
      on the part of society as a whole, e.g. government intervention. The results of 
      this study will guide future changes in the way that prevention strategies for 
      excess alcohol consumption will be implemented in Slovenia.
FAU - Kersnik, Janko
AU  - Kersnik J
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, Medical Faculty Maribor, University of Maribor, 
      Maribor, Slovenia. janko.kersnik@s5.net
FAU - Poplas Susic, T
AU  - Poplas Susic T
FAU - Kolsek, M
AU  - Kolsek M
FAU - Svab, I
AU  - Svab I
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PL  - England
TA  - J Int Med Res
JT  - The Journal of international medical research
JID - 0346411
SB  - IM
MH  - *Alcohol Drinking
MH  - Alcoholism/complications/*diagnosis
MH  - Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - Clinical Competence
MH  - Counseling
MH  - Decision Making
MH  - Diagnostic Tests, Routine
MH  - Focus Groups
MH  - Humans
MH  - Physician-Patient Relations
MH  - Physicians, Family/education/*psychology/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Slovenia
EDAT- 2009/11/26 06:00
MHDA- 2010/03/04 06:00
CRDT- 2009/11/26 06:00
PHST- 2009/11/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/11/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/03/04 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1177/147323000903700534 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Int Med Res. 2009 Sep-Oct;37(5):1561-9. doi: 10.1177/147323000903700534.