More than half of patients attending emergency & departments (ED) who are not obviously drunk need to address their alcohol consumption, a study argues.
Almost 1,000 people attending EDs & in four hospitals around the country participated in the voluntary alcohol screening programme, which excluded those who were obviously intoxicated on arrival.
The screening programme found that 11% of respondents needed a referral to a specialist service because of their drinking, while brief advice was offered to a further 42% over their drinking habits.
Some 7% declined to take part and the remainder of people required no further intervention.
Source: Noel Baker, Irish Examiner, 07/05/2011
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