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Knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices of primary health care professionals towards alcohol use: A national, cross-sectional study.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Using Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to investigate facilitators and barriers of implementing alcohol screening and brief intervention among primary care health professionals: a systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a Motivational Interviewing-Based Intervention in Decreasing Risky Alcohol Use in Primary Care Patients in Spain: A Controlled Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Primary Care Professionals' Empathy and Its Relationship to Approaching Patients with Risky Alcohol Consumption.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Working with alcohol prevention in occupational health services: "knowing how" is more important than "knowing that" - the WIRUS OHS study.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of a brief motivational intervention in the management of risky alcohol use in primary care: ALCO-AP20 study protocol.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Factors Related to Lacking Knowledge on the Recommended Daily Salt Intake among Medical Professionals in Mongolia: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Training health providers to address unhealthy alcohol use in primary care: a cross-sectional, multicenter study.BMC health services research · 2020Observational
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Abstract
introductionPrimary care (PC) professionals' knowledge about alcohol use has been identified as one of the barriers PC providers face in their clinic. Both PC professionals' level of training and attitude are crucial in the clinical practice regarding alcohol use.
objectiveTo evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices of Spanish PC physicians and nurses towards alcohol use.
designAn observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, multi-center study. METHODOLOGY: Location: PC centers of the Spanish National Health System (NHS). Participants: PC physicians and nurses selected randomly from health care centers, and by sending an e-mail to semFYC and SEMERGEN members. Healthcare providers completed an online survey on knowledge, attitude, and follow-up recommendations for reducing alcohol intake. A descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate statistical analysis was conducted (p<0.05).
resultsParticipants: 1,760 healthcare providers completed the survey (75.6% [95% CI 73.5-77.6] family physicians; 11.4% [95% CI 9.9-12.9] medical residents; and 12.5% [95% CI 10.9-14.1] nurses), with a mean age of 44.7 (SD 11.24, range: 26-64, 95% CI: 47.2-48.2). Knowledge was higher in family physicians (p<0.001), older professionals (Spearman's r = 0.11, p<0.001), and resident trainers (p<0.001). The PC professional most likely to provide advice for reducing alcohol use was: a nurse (p <0.001), female (p = 0.010), between 46 and 55 years old (p <0.001).
conclusionsPC providers' knowledge and preventive practices regarding alcohol use are scarce, hence specific training strategies to increase their knowledge and improve their attitude and skills with regard to this health problem should be considered a healthcare policy priority.
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