• Celia Pérula-Jiménez, Esperanza Romero-Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Parras-Rejano, Ana González de la Rubia, Juan Baleato Gómez, de TorresLuis Angel PérulaLAPImprovement and Evaluation Group, Program of Preventive Activities and Health Promotion (PAPPS), Semfyc, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: luisangel.perula@gmail.com., and ALCO-AP20 Collaborative Group (Annex 1).
• Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofía Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain; Montoro Health Center, Andalusian Health Service, Cordoba, Spain.
• Aten Primaria. 2024 Apr 1; 56 (4): 102835102835.

ObjectiveTo assess the effectiveness of a training program for Primary Care (PC) professionals developed to increase knowledge, attitudes, and skills for managing patients with risky alcohol use and in the motivational interview.DesignMulticenter, two-arm parallel, randomized, open-label controlled clinical trial.SettingPC of the Andalusian Health Service.ParticipantsThe study was completed by 80 healthcare professionals from 31 PC centers.InterventionsIn both experimental and control groups, a workshop on managing patients with risky alcohol consumption and the resolution of two videotaped clinical cases with standardized patients were conducted. The experimental group attended a workshop on motivational interviewing.Main MeasurementsKnowledge about managing risky alcohol use, clinical performance in patients with this health problem, and assessment of the motivational interview.ResultsMean age was 39.50±13.06 - SD - (95% CI: 36.59-42.41); 71.3% (95% CI: 61.1-80.9%) were women. The average score of both groups in the knowledge questionnaire before the training program was 15.10±4.66, becoming 21.99±3.93 points after the training (95% CI: 5.70-7.92; p<0.001). The experimental group showed an average score of 18.53±13.23 before the intervention with the motivational interview and 28.33±11.86 after this intervention (p=0.002). In contrast, no significant variation was found in the score of the control group.ConclusionsA training program aimed at PC professionals designed to increase knowledge on how to manage risky alcohol use and acquire communication skills in motivational interviewing is effective.Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Publicado por Elsevier España S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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