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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Factors influencing the implementation of screening and brief interventions for alcohol use in primary care practices: a systematic review using the COM-B system and Theoretical Domains Framework

First author

Year

Country

Language

Study design

Study sample (n)

Methodological quality

GP

Nurse

Aalto [36]

2001

Finland

English

Cross-sectional

84

167

Good

Aalto [38]

2003

Finland

English

Cross-sectional

64

 

Good

Aalto [37]

2003a

Finland

English

Focus group

18

19

Good

Abidi [39]

2016

Netherlands

English

Delphi

37

 

Good

Abouyanni [40]

2000

Australia

English

Cross-sectional

416

 

Poor

Aira [41]

2003

Finland

English

Semi-structured interviews

35

 

Good

Aira [42]

2004

Finland

English

Semi-structured interviews

35

 

Good

Ampt [43]

2009

Australia

English

Semi-structured interviews

15

1

Good

Anderson [44]

1985

UK

English

Cross-sectional

312

 

Good

Anderson [46]

2003

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, UK

English

Cross-sectional

1300

 

Good

Anderson [45]

2004

Australia, Belgium, Spain, UK

English

RCT

277

 

Good

Anderson [47]

2014

Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, UK

English

Cross-sectional

2345

 

Fair

Arborelius [48]

1995

Sweden

English

Structured interviews

13

 

Fair

Beich [49]

2002

Denmark

English

Focus groups

Individual interviews

24

 

Fair

Bendtsen [50]

2015

Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, UK

English

Cohort

409

282

Fair

Berner [51]

2007

Germany

English

Cross-sectional

58

 

Fair

Brennan [52]

2013

Australia

English

Cross-sectional

15

 

Poor

Brotons [53]

2005

Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

English

Cross-sectional

2082

 

Poor

Carlfjord [54]

2012

Sweden

English

Focus groups

9

12

Good

Casswell [55]

1982

New Zealand

English

Cross-sectional

431

 

Fair

Charrel [56]

2010

France

English

Cross-sectional

300

 

Fair

Clement [57]

1986

UK

English

Cross-sectional

71

 

Good

Clifford [58]

2011

Australia

English

Pre-post training surveys

Focus groups

3

3

Good

Deehan [60]

1997

UK

English

Cross-sectional

81

 

Fair

Deehan [61]

1998

UK

English

Cross-sectional

2377

 

Poor

Deehan [59]

1999

UK

English

Cross-sectional

264

196

Fair

Farmer [62]

2001

UK

English

Semi-structured interviews

Cross-sectional

50

 

Poor

Ferguson [63]

2003

USA

English

Cross-sectional

40

 

Poor

Fernández [64]

1999

Spain

Spanish

Cross-sectional

227

 

Fair

Friedmann [65]

2000

USA

English

Cross-sectional

243

 

Fair

Fucito [66]

2003

Australia

English

Cross-sectional

110

 

Good

Geirsson [20]

2005

Sweden

English

Cross-sectional

68

193

Good

Gurugama [67]

2003

Sri Lanka

English

Cross-sectional

105

 

Good

Haley [68]

2000

Canada

English

Cross-sectional

805

 

Fair

Harris [69]

2005

Australia

English

Pre-post questionnaire

with no control group

21

 

Poor

Holmqvist [70]

2008

Sweden

English

Cross-sectional

1790

2549

Good

Hutchings [71]

2006

UK

English

Focus groups

18

15

Good

Johansson [73]

2002

Sweden

English

Cross-sectional

65

141

Good

Johansson [72]

2005

Sweden

English

Focus groups

 

26

Poor

Johansson [74]

2005a

Sweden

English

Focus groups

13

 

Good

Kaariainen [75]

2001

Finland

English

Cross-sectional

GP + nurse = 69

Fair

Kaner [78]

1999

UK

English

Cross-sectional

279

 

Good

Kaner [79]

2001

Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Thailand, UK

English

Cross-sectional

2139

 

Good

Kaner [76]

2003

UK

English

Cluster RCT

 

212 general practices

Fair

Kaner [77]

2006

UK

English

Interviews

29

 

Good

Kersnik [80]

2009

Slovenia

English

Focus groups

32

 

Good

Keurhorst [81]

2014

Netherlands

English

Cluster RCT

112

 

Fair

Kolsek [82]

2008

Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Russia, Slovenia

English

Delphi

Focus groups

nr

nr

Fair

Koopman [83]

2008

South Africa

English

Cross-sectional

50

 

Fair

Lacey [84]

2009

UK

English

Focus groups

Semi-structured interviews

Cross-sectional

 

nr

Fair

Lambe [85]

2008

UK

English

Cross-sectional

Focus groups

 

53

Good

Lid [86]

2012

Norway

English

Focus groups

13

 

Fair

Lid [87]

2015

Norway

English

Focus groups

19

 

Good

Linke [88]

2005

UK

English

Focus groups

10

 

Fair

Lock [89]

2002

UK

English

Semi-structured interviews

 

24

Good

Maheux [90]

1999

Canada

English

Cross-sectional

805

 

Fair

May [91]

2006

UK

English

Semi-structured interviews

43

1

Good

McAvoy [92]

2001

Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia

English

Semi-structured interviews

126

 

Fair

Miller [93]

2006

USA

English

Focus groups

nr

nr

Good

Miner [94]

1990

Spain

Spanish

Cross-sectional

83

 

Fair

Mistral [95]

2001

UK

English

Cross-sectional

Semi-structured interviews

103

 

Poor

Moretti-Pires [96]

2011

Brazil

Portuguese

Focus groups

Semi-structured interviews

 

12

Fair

Mules [97]

2012

New Zealand

English

Semi-structured interviews

19

 

Fair

Nevin [98]

2002

Canada

English

Cross-sectional

75

 

Fair

Nygaard [100]

2010

Norway

English

Cross-sectional

901

 

Good

Nygaard [99]

2011

Norway

English

Focus groups

40

 

Good

Owens [101]

2000

UK

English

Cross-sectional

 

101

Fair

Payne [102]

2005

Australia

English

Cross-sectional

170

 

Fair

Poplas Susic [103]

2010

Slovenia

English

Focus groups

32

 

Good

Proude [104]

2006

Australia

English

Pre-post questionnaire with no control group

300

 

Poor

Rapley [105]

2006

UK

English

Semi-structured interviews

43

 

Good

Ribeiro [16]

2011

Portugal

Portuguese

Cross-sectional

188

 

Fair

Richmond [106]

1998

Australia

English

Post-intervention questionnaire with no control group

272

 

Poor

Roche [107]

1991

Australia

English

Focus groups

44

 

Fair

Rush [108]

1994

Canada

English

Cross-sectional

1235

 

Good

Rush [109]

1995

Canada

English

Focus groups

Semi-structured interviews

12

 

Good

Segnan [110]

1992

Italy

English

Cross-sectional

209

 

Fair

Sharp [111]

2011

USA

English

Cross-sectional

101

 

Good

Slaunwhite [112]

2015

Canada

English

Cross-sectional

67

 

Poor

Souza [113]

2012

Brazil

Portuguese

Semi-structured interviews

 

8

Fair

Van Zyl [114]

2013

South Africa

English

Cross-sectional

77

 

Fair

Vandermause [115]

2007

USA

English

In-depth interviews

 

23

Fair

Vinson [116]

2004

USA

English

Cluster RCT

44

 

Fair

Wilson [23]

2011

UK

English

Cross-sectional

282

 

Good

  1. nr Not reported