Trial reportJournal of general internal medicine2016
Alcohol Screening and Intervention Among United States Adults who Attend Ambulatory Healthcare.
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- Study protocol: a cluster-randomized trial implementing Sustained Patient-centered Alcohol-related Care (SPARC trial).Implementation science : IS · 2018Trial
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Intervention by Interactive Voice Response.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2017Trial
- Using Multistate Models and Qualitative Interviews to Comprehensively Characterize Substance Use Disorder Care Transitions in a US Health Care System: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Associations Between Health Screening Rates and Visits to Their Primary Care Provider in Young Adults Transitioning From Pediatrics to Adult Medicine.AJPM focus · 2025Article
- Primary Care Visit Frequency Is Associated With Diagnosis But Not Pharmacotherapy Prescribing for Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder : AUD Pharmacotherapy Prescribing in Primary Care.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2025Article
- Trends and disparities in alcohol screening and brief counseling following the U.S. Affordable Care Act.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Developing a high-performing network computation of big bipartite network data toward alcohol use disorder treatment referrals.Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing · 2025Article
- Inequities in Alcohol Screening of Primary Care Patients with Chronic Conditions.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Incidence of Hospitalizations Involving Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in a Primary Care Population.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Understanding Indian Doctors' Attitudes Toward Alcohol Pharmacotherapy and Prescription: A Mediational Analysis.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2024Article
- Demographic differences in the cascade of care for unhealthy alcohol use: A cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Cohort effects of women's mid-life binge drinking and alcohol use disorder symptoms in the United States: Impacts of changes in timing of parenthood.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2023Article
- Who benefits from alcohol screening and brief intervention? A mini-review on socioeconomic inequalities with a focus on evidence from the United States.Addictive behaviors · 2023Review
- Predictors of alcohol screening quality in a US general population sample and subgroups of heavy drinkers.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Practical Assessment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Routine Primary Care: Performance of an Alcohol Symptom Checklist.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
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- Practical assessment of DSM-5 alcohol use disorder criteria in routine care: High test-retest reliability of an Alcohol Symptom Checklist.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Associations of At-Risk Drinking, Current Smoking, and Their Co-Occurrence With Primary Care Service Utilization.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is limited data on the extent to which indicated alcohol interventions are delivered in U.S. ambulatory care settings.
objectiveTo assess the receipt of alcohol-related services, including assessment of use, advice to reduce drinking, and information about alcohol treatment, during ambulatory care visits.
designSecondary data analysis of the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey of civilians in the non-institutionalized U.S. general population (response rate 71.7 %).
participantsAdult ambulatory care users in the public use data file who did not obtain emergency or inpatient services (n = 17,266). MAIN MEASURES: Measurements included respondents' alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking, alcohol use disorder, healthcare use, and receipt of alcohol-related interventions. KEY
resultsApproximately 71.1 % of ambulatory care users received an alcohol assessment. Among past-month heavy episodic drinkers without an alcohol use disorder who reported receiving an alcohol assessment, 4.4 % were advised to cut back. Among individuals with alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence who reported receiving an alcohol assessment, 2.9 % and 7.0 %, respectively, were offered information about treatment.
conclusionsRates of alcohol screening and assessment were relatively high among adults who attended healthcare visits, but rates of intervention were low, even when individuals were assessed for use. Efforts are needed to expand delivery of interventions when patients are identified as positive for risky drinking, hazardous alcohol use, and alcohol use disorders during ambulatory care visits.
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