Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for adolescent alcohol use in Canadian pediatric emergency departments: a national survey of pediatric emergency physicians. Issue 1 (14th June 2018)
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- Title:
- Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for adolescent alcohol use in Canadian pediatric emergency departments: a national survey of pediatric emergency physicians. Issue 1 (14th June 2018)
- Main Title:
- Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for adolescent alcohol use in Canadian pediatric emergency departments: a national survey of pediatric emergency physicians
- Authors:
- Jun, Shelly
Plint, Amy C
Curtis, Sarah
Newton, Amanda S. - Abstract:
- Abstract : CLINICIAN'S CAPSULE : What is known about the topic? Emergency department (ED) visits for adolescent alcohol-related concerns offer the opportunity for early intervention; however, the underlying alcohol problem generally remains unaddressed. What did this study ask? What are ED physicians' perceptions regarding adolescent alcohol use and ED-based intervention? What are their current intervention practices? What did this study find? While the majority of ED physicians feel the responsibility to address problematic adolescent alcohol use, interventional practices are unstandardized and lacking. Why does this study matter to clinicians? This study identifies the resources needed by ED physicians to deliver appropriate adolescent alcohol-related care. Abstract: Background: Problematic alcohol use is associated with detrimental cognitive, physiological and social consequences. In the emergency department (ED), Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is the recommended approach to identify and treat adolescent alcohol-related concerns, but is underused by physicians. Objective: This study examined pediatric emergency physicians' perceptions of adolescent drinking and treatment, and their current self-reported SBIRT practices. Method: Physicians in the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada database (n=245) received a 35-item questionnaire that was administered through a web-based platform and paper-based mail-outs. Recruitment followed a modifiedAbstract : CLINICIAN'S CAPSULE : What is known about the topic? Emergency department (ED) visits for adolescent alcohol-related concerns offer the opportunity for early intervention; however, the underlying alcohol problem generally remains unaddressed. What did this study ask? What are ED physicians' perceptions regarding adolescent alcohol use and ED-based intervention? What are their current intervention practices? What did this study find? While the majority of ED physicians feel the responsibility to address problematic adolescent alcohol use, interventional practices are unstandardized and lacking. Why does this study matter to clinicians? This study identifies the resources needed by ED physicians to deliver appropriate adolescent alcohol-related care. Abstract: Background: Problematic alcohol use is associated with detrimental cognitive, physiological and social consequences. In the emergency department (ED), Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is the recommended approach to identify and treat adolescent alcohol-related concerns, but is underused by physicians. Objective: This study examined pediatric emergency physicians' perceptions of adolescent drinking and treatment, and their current self-reported SBIRT practices. Method: Physicians in the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada database (n=245) received a 35-item questionnaire that was administered through a web-based platform and paper-based mail-outs. Recruitment followed a modified Dillman four-contact approach. Results: From October 2016 to January 2017, 166 pediatric emergency physicians (46.4% males; mean age=43.6 years) completed the questionnaire. The response rate was 67.8%. Physicians recognized the need (65%) and responsibility (86%) to address adolescent alcohol problems. However, confidence in knowledge and abilities for SBIRT execution was low. Twenty-five percent of physicians reported never having practiced all, or part of, SBIRT while 1.3% reported consistent SBIRT delivery for adolescents with alcohol-related visits. More alcohol education and counselling experience was associated with higher SBIRT use; however, physicians generally reported to have received minimal alcohol training. SBIRT practices were also associated with physician perceptions of problematic alcohol use and its treatability. Conclusions: Pediatric emergency physicians acknowledge the need to address problematic adolescent alcohol use, but routine SBIRT use is lacking. Strategies to educate physicians about SBIRT and enhance perceived self-competency may improve SBIRT use. Effectiveness trials to establish SBIRT impact on patient outcomes are also needed. Résumé: Contexte: L'abus d'alcool est associé à des conséquences néfastes sur les plans cognitif, physiologique et social. Il est recommandé, au service des urgences, d'appliquer le programme d'intervention de dépistage de courte durée et de recommandation de traitement (IDCDRT) dans le dépistage et le traitement des problèmes de consommation d'alcool chez les adolescents, mais celui-ci est plus ou moins appliqué par les médecins. Objectifs: L'étude visait à examiner la perception qu'ont les médecins d'urgence en pédiatrie de la consommation abusive d'alcool chez les adolescents et de son traitement, ainsi que l'application autodéclarée du programme IDCDRT. Méthode: Les médecins inscrits dans la base de données du réseau Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (n=245) ont reçu un questionnaire en 35 points, qui a été rempli dans une plateforme Web ou sur papier après l'envoi du document par la poste. La recherche de médecins s'est faite selon une version modifiée de la méthode de Dillman en quatre étapes. Résultats: D'octobre 2016 à janvier 2017, 166 médecins d'urgence en pédiatrie (hommes : 46, 4 %; âge moyen : 43, 6 ans) ont rempli le questionnaire. Le taux de réponse a atteint 67, 8 %. Les médecins ont reconnu la nécessité (65 %) d'agir pour régler les problèmes de consommation abusive d'alcool chez les adolescents, de même que leur responsabilité (86%) en la matière. Toutefois, ils ont une faible connaissance du programme et ont peu confiance en leur capacité d'appliquer le programme. Vingt-cinq pour cent des médecins ont déclaré n'avoir jamais appliqué en tout ou en partie le programme IDCDRT, tandis que 1, 3 % des répondants ont déclaré le mettre habituellement en œuvre chez les adolescents qui consultent pour des problèmes de consommation d'alcool. Une bonne formation et l'expérience de consultations psychologiques en la matière étaient associées à une application accrue de l'IDCDRT; toutefois, les médecins ont généralement indiqué avoir reçu une formation minimale en ce qui concerne la consommation d'alcool. L'application de l'IDCDRT était également associée à la perception qu'ont les médecins du problème de consommation d'alcool et de sa possibilité de traitement. Conclusions: Les médecins d'urgence en pédiatrie reconnaissent la nécessité de s'attaquer au problème d'abus d'alcool chez les adolescents, mais l'application courante du programme IDCDRT laisse à désirer. Des stratégies visant à mieux former les médecins sur le programme et à améliorer la perception de leur compétence en la matière pourraient contribuer à son application. Il faudrait aussi mener des essais d'efficacité afin de déterminer l'influence de l'IDCDRT sur les résultats cliniques. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- CJEM. Volume 21:Issue 1(2019)
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- CJEM
- Issue:
- Volume 21:Issue 1(2019)
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- Volume 21, Issue 1 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 21
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0021-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 97
- Page End:
- 102
- Publication Date:
- 2018-06-14
- Subjects:
- alcohol, -- alcohol intervention, -- emergency department, -- pediatrics, -- SBIRT
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http://link.springer.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1017/cem.2018.390 ↗
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