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Table 2 Absolute numbers of chronic and acute alcohol abuse diagnoses, means (SD)

From: The introduction of the practice nurse mental health in general practices in the Netherlands: effects on number of diagnoses of chronic and acute alcohol abuse

 

aPeriod 1

(0–6 months)

Period 2

(7–12 months)

Period 3

(13–18 months)

Period 4

(19–24 months)

Period 5

(25–30 months)

Period 6

(31–36 months)

Diagnoses of chronic alcohol abuse

 Control (N = 46)

323, 7.0 (4.8)

274, 6.0 (6.2)

241, 5.2 (4.6)

282, 6.1 (5.5)

205, 4.5 (3.7)

201, 4.7 (3.8)

 PCP (N = 23)

248, 10.8 (8.4)

168, 7.3 (7.1)

179, 7.8 (5.5)

131, 5.7 (4.6)

127, 5.8 (4.3)

139, 6.3 (4.5)

 PN-MH (N = 56)

313, 5.6 (4.9)

253, 4.9 (5.2)

201, 5.0 (6.0)

208, 5.2 (6.6)

118, 3.8 (3.9)

75, 2.8 (2.9)

 PCP/PN-MH (N = 30)

251, 8.4 (7.2)

256, 9.1 (7.5)

142, 7.1 (9.0)

143, 7.2 (5.7)

119, 6.6 (5.4)

61, 4.4 (3.7)

 Total (N = 155)

1135

951

763

764

569

476

Diagnoses of acute alcohol abuse

 Control (N = 46)

43, 0.9 (1.4)

62, 1.3 (1.7)

37, 0.8 (1.2)

63, 1.4 (1.6)

50, 1.1 (1.1)

42, 1.0 (1.1)

 PCP (N = 23)

24, 1.0 (1.0)

26, 1.1 (1.6)

28, 1.2 (1.4)

21, 0.9 (1.6)

26, 1.2 (1.3)

24, 1.1 (1.1)

 PN-MH (N = 56)

61, 1.1 (1.8)

66, 1.3 (1.8)

40, 1.0 (1.7)

47, 1.2 (1.7)

22, 0.7 (0.8)

19, 0.7 (1.3)

 PCP/PN-MH (N = 30)

47, 1.6 (2.5)

44, 1.6 (2.0)

34, 1.7 (2.5)

26, 1.3 (1.9)

16, 1.0 (1.5)

9, 0.6 (0.9)

 Total (N = 155)

175

198

139

157

114

94

Total

5.535 diagnoses

  1. aDifferent periods indicate the number of months after implementation of the PN-MH