Abstract
To identify the impact of brief intervention paired with art therapy in patients who use alcohol. This study presents intra-group design, with 11 alcoholics in the city of Tamarana-PR, Brazil, between 2015 and 2016. A test to identify the alcohol consumption level was used at the beginning/end of the actions. Cohen's effect size and paired t-test were used to identify the impact of the actions on the reduction of alcohol intake. Six participants ceased alcohol consumption, four showed high level of consumption and one presented average consumption. The paired t-test result suggested statistically significant difference between the initial and final scores, as well as 0.76 effect size. The brief intervention associated with the art therapy resulted in significant impact in reducing alcohol consumption. Investing in the continuous training of primary health care professionals is crucial to consolidate the improvements achieved.
Highlights
Alcoholism is the term that has been used to define this medical condition as a multifactorial syndrome, caused by high levels of alcohol intake, associated with the strong desire to ingest the substance with physical, mental and social impairments[1]
This study has found the impact of Brief Intervention (BI) paired with art therapy practice, and considering that this study was conducted as an academic project supported by a funding agency, a meta-analysis study done with randomized clinical trials[28] confirms the need for researchers to continue the project but focusing on permanent education in health, since the cited study found that BI contributes to the adhesion to treatment
This study found that BI paired with art therapy presented a high effectiveness degree in the reduction/cessation of abusive alcohol intake, suggesting that, at least, the art therapy is not opposed to the objectives of BI since the effect size obtained was significant, indicating the importance of an integrated approach caring for individuals who make abusive use of alcohol
Summary
Alcoholism is the term that has been used to define this medical condition as a multifactorial syndrome, caused by high levels of alcohol intake, associated with the strong desire to ingest the substance with physical, mental and social impairments[1]. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), alcohol is the most consumed psychoactive substance in the world. The harmful use of alcohol causes about of 3.3 million deaths per year, requiring the investment in strategies for the prevention of alcoholism, especially in public health services[2]. Brief intervention was created as a therapeutic approach to alcohol-dependent patients, seeking to stimulate the interruption or decrease in the consumption of alcohol and/or other drugs. The effects of the application of this technique suggest that it is useful in public health practice to prevent the harmful use of alcohol by young people and adults, as well as to reduce damage that have already affected patients
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