ArticleBMC public health2020
Conversations about alcohol in healthcare - cross-sectional surveys in the Netherlands and Sweden.
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- The interaction of sleep characteristics and work-related stress in relation to the risk of dementia: findings from a Swedish cohort study.European journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- U.S. and Swedish primary care physicians' views on promoting healthy lifestyles: a qualitative study.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Attitudes towards addressing alcohol consumption by healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study among older adults in the Netherlands.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2026Article
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- Relationship Between Educational Level and Attitudes Towards Alcohol Conversations in Healthcare: A Cross-Sectional Survey Conducted in Four European Countries.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- Public perceptions of how alcohol consumption is dealt with in Swedish and Norwegian health care.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2021Article
- Addressing Patients' Alcohol Consumption-A Population-Based Survey of Patient Experiences.International journal of public health · 2021Article
- Financial reimbursement - irrelevant for GPs' readiness to implement brief intervention to reduce alcohol consumption? A cross-sectional vignette study.BMC family practice · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study evaluated and compared the extent, duration, contents, experiences and effects of alcohol conversations in healthcare in the Netherlands and Sweden in 2017.
methodsSurvey data in the Netherlands and Sweden were collected through an online web panel. Subjects were 2996 participants (response rate: 50.8%) in Sweden and 2173 (response rate: 82.2%) in the Netherlands. Data was collected on socio-demographics, alcohol consumption, healthcare visits in the past 12 months, number of alcohol conversations, and characteristics of alcohol conversations (duration, contents, experience, effects).
resultsResults showed that Swedish respondents were more likely to have had alcohol conversations (OR = 1.99; 95%CI = 1.64-2.41; p = < 0.001) compared to Dutch respondents. In Sweden, alcohol conversations were more often perceived as routine (p = < 0.001), were longer (p = < 0.001), and more often contained verbal information about alcohol's health effects (p = 0.007) or written information (p = 0.001) than in the Netherlands. In Sweden, 40+ year-olds were less likely to report a positive effect compared to the youngest respondents. In the Netherlands, men, sick-listed respondents, and risky drinkers, and in Sweden those that reported "other" occupational status such as parental leave, were more likely to have had alcohol conversations.
conclusionsThe results suggest that alcohol conversations are more common in healthcare practice in Sweden than in the Netherlands. However, positive effects of alcohol conversations were less likely to be reported among older respondents in Sweden. Our results indicate that alcohol preventative work should be improved in both countries, with more focus on risky drinkers and the content of the conversations in Sweden, and expanding alcohol screening in the Netherlands.
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