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Table 2 Summary of key themes and sub-themes by NPT construct

From: Patients’ experiences of alcohol screening and advice in primary care: a qualitative study

NPT construct

Theme

Sub-theme

Coherence

Patients’ understanding of alcohol-related risk and harm

• Knowing the limits: what it means to drink to excess

• Awareness of immediate versus longer term risk

Cognitive Participation

Engaging with screening and brief interventions in primary care

• Alcohol conversations as standardised and routine

• Primary care clinicians viewed as trustworthy, objective and expert

• Telling the truth about drinking

Collective action

Managing lower risk alcohol consumption in everyday life

• Personal strategies to limit alcohol consumption

• Influence of families and relationships

Reflexive monitoring

Impact of alcohol advice on individual drinking practices

• Value of talking to patients about alcohol

• Challenge of dealing with heavy drinkers