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Table 5 Counselling interventions delivered by health professionals to reduce or abstain from alcohol use according to the training received on this subject

From: Training health providers to address unhealthy alcohol use in primary care: a cross-sectional, multicenter study

Counselling interventions to reduce/abstain from alcohol use

Training received on alcohol prevention

 

None

n (%)

Basic

n (%)

Medium/Advanced

n (%)

p*

Counselling to reduce alcohol use**

   

< 0.001

 0%

24 (2.0)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

 

 1–9%

151 (12.8)

36 (7.0)

3 (5.5)

 

 10–34%

239 (20.3)

94 (18.3)

12 (21.8)

 

 35–64%

275 (23.3)

108 (21.0)

8 (14.5)

 

 65–90%

287 (24.4)

149 (28.9)

17 (30.9)

 

 91–100%

202 (17.7)

127 (24.7)

14 (25.5)

 

Counselling pregnant women to abstain from alcohol use**

   

< 0.001

 0%

57 (4.8)

7 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

 

 1–9

107 (9.1)

27 (5.2)

5 (9.1)

 

 10–34%

91 (7.7)

52 (10.1)

4 (7.3)

 

 35–64%

74 (6.3)

42 (8.2)

3 (5.5)

 

 65–90%

156 (13.2)

76 (13.2)

5 (9.1)

 

 91–100%

693 (58.8)

311 (60.4)

38 (69.1)

 

Counselling operators of machinery, and motor vehicle drivers, to abstain from alcohol use**

   

< 0.001

 0%

88 (7.5)

16 (3.1)

0 (0)

 

 1–9%

188 (16.0)

49 (9.5)

11 (20.0)

 

 10–34%

167 (14.2)

80 (15.5)

3 (5.5)

 

 35–64%

146 (12.4)

90 (17.5)

10 (18.2)

 

 65–90%

233 (19.8)

100 (19.4)

10 (18.2)

 

 91–100%

355 (30.2)

180 (35.0)

21 (38.2)

 
  1. *The p values were obtained using the Chi-square test
  2. **Estimated percentage of patients for whom the primary care practitioner provided that activity