• Esperanza María Romero Rodríguez, Luis Ángel Pérula de Torres, Alejandro Linares Ruiz, José Ángel Fernández García, Juan Manuel Parras Rejano, Ana Roldán Villalobos, and Grupo colaborativo Estudio Alco-AP.
• Grupo de investigación Clínico-Epidemiológica en Atención Primaria (GICEAP), Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)/Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía/Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, España. Electronic address: espe_mrr@hotmail.com.
• Aten Primaria. 2019 Nov 1; 51 (9): 536547536-547.

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of training activities directed at Primary Health Care personnel on the management of patients with alcohol consumption problems.DesignA systematic review of randomised controlled trials.Data SourcesTrip Database, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, Alcohol and Alcohol Problems Science Database - ETOH and FAMILY RESOURCES DATABASE. The search was performed in June 2017.Study SelectionThe final sample was n=3 studies. Randomised controlled trials, indexed until 30 May 2017, with the objective of assessing the effectiveness of training programs directed at Primary Care providers in the management of patients with alcohol abuse disorder were included.Data ExtractionThe main variables were expressed in terms of effectiveness of the training program: level of global implementation, screening of alcohol consumption, intervention in patients with a consumption risk, and level of support required.ResultsThree Randomised controlled trials, published from 1999 to 2004, were included. Both screening and short intervention techniques showed an increase of its application in the three studies after the development of the three training programs. Statistical significance in terms of effectiveness was achieved in 2 of the 3 selected trials: both in detection of risk consumers, and in short intervention.ConclusionThe development of training programs in the management of patients with alcohol abuse disorder is an effective strategy for Primary Care providers, allowing the implementation of population screening, as well as the application of intervention techniques.Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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