ArticleInternational journal of public health2010
Severity of unhealthy alcohol consumption in medical inpatients and the general population: is the general hospital a suitable place for brief interventions?
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- Alcohol use-related problems in general hospitals and primary care settings: Screening, intervention, and referral to treatment.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- Hazardous alcohol use: a cross-sectional study of cardiology patients in Sweden.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- New developments in brief interventions to treat problem drinking in nonspecialty health care settings.Current psychiatry reports · 2011Review
- Most inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use have an alcohol use disorder.International journal of public health · 2010Article
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Abstract
objectivesEvidence for brief interventions in general hospital (GH) settings is scarce, probably due to higher rates of dependent drinkers. The present study aims to compare unhealthy drinking patterns in GH patients with the general population (GP).
methodsSample 1 consisted of 4,075 individuals randomly drawn from registration office files, representing the non-institutionalised GP of a northern mixed rural-urban German area. Sample 2 consisted of 2,949 consecutively admitted patients from a GH covering the same area.
resultsCompared to individuals from the GP, GH patients revealed higher prevalence rates of alcohol dependence (1.3 vs. 5.5%) and alcohol abuse (1.2 vs. 2.8%), but did not differ significantly concerning at-risk drinking (5.1 vs. 6.2%). Multinomial logistic regression analysis controlling for age, sex and smoking using unrisky alcohol consumption as reference category belonging to the GH group was predictive for alcohol use disorders but not for at-risk drinking.
conclusionData show that a substantial number of individuals with unhealthy drinking patterns without alcohol use disorders can easily be accessed in GH settings if appropriate screening measures are conducted.
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