Summary of the Evidence: Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care to Reduce Risky/Harmful Alcohol Use by Adults. Appendix Table 1

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Search Number	Search Terms
1	exp alcoholism/ or exp Alcoholism/ or problem drink$.mp. [mp=title, abstract, registry number word, MeSH® subject heading]
2	exp alcohol intoxication/ or exp alcohol drinking patterns/ or alcoholic intoxication.mp.
3	(binge drinking or heavy drinking or excessive alcohol or risky drinking or harmful drinking or hazardous drinking or excessive drinking or episodic drinking or heavier drinking).mp.
4	1 or 2 or 3
5	limit 4 to treatment & prevention
6	(counsel$ or treatment or patient education or intervention$).mp.
7	exp rehabilitation education/ or exp drug education/ or exp drug abuse prevention/ or prevention.mp.
8	6 or 7
9	4 and 8
10	5 or 9
11	(randomized controlled trial$ or randomi$ or placebo$ or double blind or single blind or volunteer$ or control$ or prospective$).mp.
12	exp treatment effectiveness evaluation/
13	(clinical trial$ or research design$ or comparative stud$ or prospective stud$ or random allocation$).mp.
14	11 or 12 or 13
15	10 and 14
16	limit 15 to (human and english language)
17	limit 16 to yr=1994-2002

Search Number	Search Terms
1	(problem drink$ or alcohol$ or binge drinking or heavy drinking or excessive alcohol$ or risky drinking or harmful drinking or hazardous drinking).mp.
2	exp drinking behavior/ or exp alcohol-related disorders/
3	(heavy episodic$ or alcoholic intoxication).mp.
4	1 or 2 or 3
5	limit 4 to (clinical trial or clinical trial, phase i or clinical trial, phase ii or clinical trial, phase iii or clinical trial, phase iv or controlled clinical trial or randomized controlled trial)
6	randomized controlled trials/ or randomized controlled trial$.mp. or randomi$.mp.
7	random allocation.mp. or exp clinical trials/ or double-blind method$.mp.
8	(single-blind method$ or clinical trial$ or placebo$).mp.
9	((single or double or treble or triple) adj (blind$ or mask$)).mp.
10	exp research design/ or research design$.mp. or comparative study/ or exp evaluation studies/ or evaluation stud$.mp.
11	(follow-up studies or follow up stud$).mp. or prospective studies/ or prospective stud$.mp. or control$.mp. or prospective.mp. or volunteer$.mp.
12	6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11
13	4 and 12
14	5 or 13
15	limit 14 to (human and english language)
16	counseling/ or exp health education/ or (interview$ and motivat$).mp.
17	"Early Intervention (Education)"/
18	intervention studies/ or intervention.mp. or alcoholism/pc or exp drinking behavior/pc or prevent$.mp. or counsel$.mp.
19	17 or 18
20	15 and 19
21	limit 20 to yr=1994-2001

Search Number	Search Terms
1	(problem drink$ or alcohol$ or binge drinking or heavy drinking or excessive alcohol$ or risky drinking or harmful drinking or hazardous drinking).mp.
2	exp drinking behavior/ or exp alcohol-related disorders/
3	(heavy episodic$ or alcoholic intoxication).mp.
4	1 or 2 or 3
5	limit 4 to (clinical trial or clinical trial, phase i or clinical trial, phase ii or clinical trial, phase iii or clinical trial, phase iv or controlled clinical trial or randomized controlled trial)
6	randomized controlled trials/ or randomized controlled trial$.mp. or randomi$.mp.
7	random allocation.mp. or exp clinical trials/ or double-blind method$.mp.
8	(single-blind method$ or clinical trial$ or placebo$).mp.
9	((single or double or treble or triple) adj (blind$ or mask$)).mp.
10	exp research design/ or research design$.mp. or comparative study/ or exp evaluation studies/ or evaluation stud$.mp.
11	(follow-up studies or follow up stud$).mp. or prospective studies/ or prospective stud$.mp. or control$.mp. or prospective.mp. or volunteer$.mp.
12	6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11
13	4 and 12
14	5 or 13
15	limit 14 to (human and english language)
16	counseling/ or exp health education/ or (interview$ and motivat$).mp.
17	"Early Intervention (Education)"/
18	intervention studies/ or intervention.mp. or alcoholism/pc or exp drinking behavior/pc or prevent$.mp. or counsel$.mp.
19	17 or 18
20	15 and 19
21	limit 20 to yr=1994-2001

Search Number	Search Terms
1	exp alcoholism/ or exp Alcoholism/ or problem drink$.mp.
2	exp alcohol intoxication/ or exp alcohol drinking patterns/ or alcoholic intoxication.mp.
3	(binge drinking or heavy drinking or excessive alcohol or risky drinking or harmful drinking or hazardous drinking or excessive drinking or episodic drinking or heavier drinking).mp.
4	1 or 2 or 3
5	limit 4 to treatment & prevention
6	(counsel$ or treatment or patient education or intervention$).mp.
7	exp rehabilitation education/ or exp drug education/ or exp drug abuse prevention/ or prevention.mp.
8	6 or 7
9	4 and 8
10	5 or 9
11	(randomized controlled trial$ or randomi$ or placebo$ or double blind or single blind or volunteer$ or control$ or prospective$).mp.
12	exp treatment effectiveness evaluation/
13	(clinical trial$ or research design$ or comparative stud$ or prospective stud$ or random allocation$).mp.
14	11 or 12 or 13
15	10 and 14
16	limit 15 to (human and english language)
17	limit 16 to yr=1994-2002

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