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Table 4 Opinions on the alcohol screening service in community pharmacies

From: ‘Making the invisible visible’ through alcohol screening and brief intervention in community pharmacies: an Australian feasibility study

 

AUDIT Category

‘Low risk’

(n = 27)

‘Hazardous’

(n = 11)

‘Harmful’

(n = 4)

‘Dependent’

(n = 8)

How appropriate

 V. app/appropriate n (%)

20 (80)

6 (9)

3 (75)

7 (88)

 neither n (%)

4 (16)

4 (36)

 V. inapp/inappropriate n (%)

1 (4)

6 (55)

1 (25)

1 (12)

Amount consumed

 increase n (%)

1 (25)

 no effect n (%)

20 (77)

2 (20)

3 (75)

3 (60)

 reduce n (%)

6 (23)

8 (80)

2 (40)

How helpful was this service

 V helpful/helpful n (%)

12 (48)

11 (100)

1 (25)

5 (71)

 neither n (%)

12 (48)

2 (50)

2 (29)

 V. unhelpful/unhelpful n (%)

1 (4)

1 (25)