PMID: 9177067Apr 1, 1997Paper

Community psychiatric nurse aftercare for alcoholics: a five-year follow-up study

Addiction
D G PattersonN M Brady

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine if community psychiatric nurse (CPN) aftercare for 1 year improved the 5-year outcome in patients following inpatient treatment for alcohol dependence. A 5-year follow-up study, observer blind, with non-random allocation of subjects to aftercare by CPN for 1 year or standard outpatient care, was used. Subjects had all received inpatient treatment for 6 weeks in a rural alcohol treatment unit. Subjects were traced and assessed in the community 5 years after the index admission. The participants consisted of 127 white male alcoholics. All were first admissions, who had been selected for inpatient treatment and who completed a 6-week inpatient stay. Seventy-three subjects received intensive aftercare by CPN for 1 year, 54 subjects received standard outpatient appointments not due to random allocation but because no CPN was available. Data were collected by semi-structured interview at entry to the trial, namely background epidemiological information, details of drinking history, previous hospital admission, educational, employment and criminal information. At 5-year follow-up, data on drinking status, use of other drugs, hospital admissions, criminal behaviour and gambling, attendance at self...Continue Reading

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