@article{ref1,
title="Clinical and demographic characteristics of binge drinkers associated with lack of efficacy of brief intervention and medical advice",
journal="Adicciones",
year="2015",
author="Rubio, Gabriel and López-Rodríguez, Juan A. and Zuluaga, Pilar and Ponce, Guillermo and Martínez-Gras, Isabel and Jiménez-Arriero, Miguel Angel",
volume="27",
number="2",
pages="90-98",
abstract="Brief Counseling Intervention (BCI) and Medical advice (MA) are psychotherapeutic approaches used for the treatment of binge drinkers in Primary Care. Although binge drinking is a common pattern of alcohol misuse in Europe and in the US, no studies have evaluated those subjects who do not respond to Brief Counseling Interventions or Medical Advice.  OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical and demographic characteristics of binge drinkers in whom BCI or MA are not effective in reducing harmful alcohol use.  METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized alcohol brief intervention trial with a 12-month follow-up period. A total of 674 subjects (89%) participated right through to the end of the study. The primary outcome measure was change in harmful alcohol use from baseline to 12 months.  RESULTS: The strongest baseline predictors of harmful alcohol use during follow-up were educational status, young adults, and high number of cigarettes smoked, present family history of alcoholism, treatment condition and number of drinks per episode of binge drinking.  CONCLUSIONS: Binge drinkers are a heterogeneous group that responds to brief intervention or MA but in a subgroup of them these interventions fail to prevent harmful alcohol use. Other interventions should be implemented for these subjects.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0214-4840",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}