AIMS To test the efficacy of (i) computer-generated tailored letters and (ii) practitioner-delivered brief advice for smoking cessation against an assessment-only condition; and to compare both interventions directly. DESIGN Quasi-randomized controlled trial. SETTING A total of 34 randomly selected general practices from a German region (participation rate 87%). PARTICIPANTS A total of 14...

INTRODUCTION Alcohol misuse is a significant public health problem with major health, social and economic consequences. Systematic reviews have reported that brief advice interventions delivered in various health service settings can reduce harmful drinking. Although the links between alcohol and oral health are well established and dentists come into contact with large numbers of otherwise hea...

Soria and colleagues used trained physicians to give motivational interviewing (MI). Physicians recruited and randomised using sealed envelopes. The distribution of patients favours MI with 114 people in the MI group and 86 in the brief advice group. The P-value for the χ for goodness of fit to the binomial distribution is 0.048. Patients in the MI group were more likely to intend to stop smoki...

This guidance aims to support routine provision of brief advice on physical activity in primary care practice. You can view the full physical activity pathway at http:// pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/physical-activity The guidance is for commissioners of health services and anyone working in primary care whose remit includes offering lifestyle advice. These include exercise professionals, GPs, ...

Methods This was a prospective, 2-arm randomized controlled pilot study for participants with acute low back pain. SMC included education about self-management, analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents, physical therapy and modalities such as heat/ice. CMT included mobilization, brief massage, modalities such as heat/ice, exercises, advice for activities of daily living, postural/ergonomic advic...

Management of smoking includes approaches such as health advice against smoking, brief or intensive interventions, and pharmacotherapy. However, we do not have enough information on the use of such approaches in teenagers. School programs aimed at children and adolescents are perhaps the most widely used intervention and the one for which we have the most experience. Such programs should meet a...