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ArticleSubstance use : research and treatment

Factors Related to Receipt of Help for Alcohol Use: Extending the Focus of Treatment to the Continuum of Unhealthy Alcohol Use.

Lina Tieu, Nadereh Pourat, Elizabeth Bromley, Rajat Simhan, Roshan Bastani, Beth Glenn

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Article in Substance use : research and treatment. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Lina TieuDepartment of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9980-0774
Nadereh PouratDepartment of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Elizabeth BromleyDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Rajat SimhanSJ Health, French Camp, CA, USA.
Roshan BastaniDepartment of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Beth GlennDepartment of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

NRSA Training CoreTL1TR001883 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ALEX BUI, Nina Thawata Harawa · 2016 to 2026
$8.6M
Training Program In Basic & Translational Cardiovascular ScienceT32HL086350 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Martin Cadeiras, David A. Liem · 2008 to 2026
$7.1M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001883NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL086350
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Unhealthy alcohol use is one of the leading preventable causes of mortality in the U.S. Despite evidence of the growing burden of alcohol-associated mortality and disease, treatment is severely underutilized. Prior literature has often focused on assessing treatment among patients with severe alcohol use. Objectives: Assess factors associated with uptake of treatment for alcohol use among a broad population of those regularly exceeding U.S. guidelines for alcohol use. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Using data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions - Wave III (NESARC-III) collected April 2012 to June 2013, weighted descriptive statistics were used to describe the U.S. population who self-reported regularly exceeding U.S. guidelines for moderate alcohol use at least monthly. Weighted multivariable regression was used to assess the association of individual-level factors with receipt of help for unhealthy alcohol use. Results: In weighted analyses of 6467 NESARC-III participants, 17% of the U.S. population reported regular engagement in unhealthy alcohol use (76% use exceeding guidelines, 14% binge drinking, 11% heavy drinking) and were predominantly male (62%), below age 65 (93%), non-Hispanic White (65%), and had lower levels of education and income. Half (53%) met criteria for alcohol use disorder. Only 5% reported receipt of help for their alcohol use. Compared to non-Hispanic White individuals, non-Hispanic Asian/Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (odds ratio [OR] 0.40, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.18-0.90) and non-Hispanic Black (OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.48-0.96) individuals were less likely to receive help for alcohol use. Factors associated with greater receipt of help included being older, educational attainment, Medicaid insurance, concomitant drug use, liver disease, acute healthcare utilization, and greater alcohol-related problems. Conclusion: Identification of the factors associated with receipt of alcohol-related treatment, including race and ethnicity, age, education, insurance, and drug use can inform interventions to increase treatment receipt.

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Alcoholalcohol treatmentbehavioral medicinehealthcare disparitiesunhealthy alcohol use

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PMID39588291
PMCPMC11587183

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