title: Different efficacy of alcohol education tools among trainee nurses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The evaluation of the efficacy of two different forms of scientific information concerning alcohol-related problems (ARP), among Italian trainee nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A specific questionnaire, investigating the awareness of ARP, was distributed to 193 trainee nurses, 158 enrolled in the Italian Red Cross School for Professional Nurses at S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital in Bologna and 35 enrolled in the Professional Nursing School at the Social Security Institute in the Republic of San Marino, who had attended a scientific meeting on ARP in the last year. Eighty-one nurses (62 belonging to the Red Cross School of Bologna and 19 to the Professional Nursing School of San Marino), had previously been given an information package on ARP (Group A). One hundred twelve subjects (96 belonging to the Red Cross School of Bologna and 16 to the Professional Nursing School of San Marino) did not read the specialized material (Group B).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed a statistically significant difference in the percentage of correct answers between Group A (25.98%) and Group B (21.80%). The percentage of correct answers among the Bologna trainee nurses were always significantly lower than that of the San Marino nurses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest a scant awareness and interest in ARP among trainee nurses and show that courses and lectures are more effective than scientific printed material.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale degli Infermi, Faenza, Italy.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Stefanini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lizzani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Castelli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dall'Aglio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baudanza
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marsigli
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Foschi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patussi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Addolorato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gasbarrini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000451:nursing; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male