title: [Effectiveness of the brief intervention for the use of abusive alcohol in primary care: systematic review].
abstract: The research identified clinical studies on the brief interventions for the abusive use of alcohol and analyzed the effectiveness of professional advises proposed to alcohol consumers. The systematic bibliographical study was based on articles published during the period of 1997 to 2010. Brief intervention strategy is effective in the reduction on the frequency and amount of alcohol use, with better results when the strategy is applied to the primary attention situations. All professionals obtained good results using this therapy. It was not possible to determine if the strategy is most effective when applied to harmful drinkers or to chronic drinkers, since the intervention also depends on the patient's availability of motivational resources and on changes in attitude regarding the abusive use of alcohol.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem (Pós-doutoranda), Grupo de Estudos Relacionados ao Uso Prejudicial do Álcool e Outras Drogas. São Paulo-SP, Brasil. mariaodete@usp.br
authors.forename: Maria Odete
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Bárbara Marques
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Anginoni
authors.forename: Natany da Costa
authors.initials: Nda C
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Márcia Aparecida Ferreira
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Divane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: de Vargas
authors.forename: Luciana de Almeida
authors.initials: Lde A
authors.lastname: Colvero
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care