1Registered Mental Health Nurse, Centre of Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
2Principal and Professor, Shahid Kartar Singh Sarabha College of Nursing, Sarabha, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Online published on 19 January, 2015.
The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of specific interventions on the alcohol use.
A longitudinal experimental study was conducted using cluster random sampling technique to recruit 300 males aged between 26-55 years to experimental and control groups. The data was collected from five different regions of the district using interview schedule of Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test(AUDIT). Specific interventions were given to experimental group at 45th day, 3rd month and 5 the month of collecting baseline data. Follow up posttest was conducted after 6 months of pretest.
After 6 months, there was statistically significant (p<0.001) decrease in alcohol use among alcohol users in experimental group whereas, the control group increased their mean alcohol use which was found statistically significant at p<0.001.
The specific interventions proved highly effective in reducing the alcohol use in selected community areas.
Specific Interventions, Alcohol Use, Cluster Random Sampling
