Effect of a brief intervention for alcohol and illicit drug use on trauma recidivism in a cohort of trauma patients

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 8; p. e0182441
• Main Authors: Cordovilla-Guardia, Sergio, Fernández-Mondéjar, Enrique, Vilar-López, Raquel, Navas, Juan F, Portillo-Santamaría, Mónica, Rico-Martín, Sergio, Lardelli-Claret, Pablo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 16.08.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol use; Alcohols; Behavior; Biology and Life Sciences; Brain injuries; Cohort Studies; Complications and side effects; Data analysis; Data processing; Drug abuse; Drug use; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health care; Hospitalization; Humans; Impulsivity; Incidence; Injuries; Intervention; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Nursing; Occupational therapy; Patients; Physical Sciences; Preventive medicine; Primary care; Public health; Recidivism; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Severity of Illness Index; Spain - epidemiology; Street Drugs; Studies; Trauma; Trauma Centers; Wounds and Injuries - diagnosis; Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology; Wounds and Injuries - etiology; Spain

Estimate the effectiveness of brief interventions in reducing trauma recidivism in hospitalized trauma patients who screened positive for alcohol and/or illicit drug use. Dynamic cohort study based on registry data from 1818 patients included in a screening and brief intervention program for alcohol...