Alcohol problems in old age: a review of recent epidemiological research

Johnson, Ian

doi:10.1002/1099-1166(200007)15:7<575::aid-gps151>3.0.co;2-0

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“…although reported alcohol use generally declines with age (4,7,(13)(14)(15)(16), the risks related to excess drinking by the elderly will become an increasingly important public health issue as this segment of the population grows over the coming decades (7,15). In addition to common health detriments associated with alcohol abuse, older people more often have comorbidities and multiple medications, exposing them to greater risks of alcohol (4,7,16).…”

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Prevalence of at-risk drinking among older adults and associated sociodemographic and health-related factors

Immonen

Valvanne

Pitkälä

2011

The Journal of nutrition, health and aging

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Prevalence of at-risk drinking among older adults and associated sociodemographic and health-related factors

Immonen

Valvanne

Pitkälä

2011

The Journal of nutrition, health and aging

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“…Alcoholics are heavy users of health services for both physical and mental illness. 8 Unfortunately healthcare professionals often have negative attitudes towards the issues of alcohol consumption. This stance may reflect lack of time, negative personal attitude or lack of understanding of severity of alcohol-related problems.…”

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Do doctors understand alcohol units?

Das¹,

Corrado

Kyerematen³

et al. 2009

Clinical Medicine

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-A survey of 445 doctors in Yorkshire was conducted to ascertain their knowledge and awareness of alcohol units. Only 58% had some knowledge, and general practitioners scored better (69%) than hospital doctors (45%). However, 14% of doctors had no knowledge at all about alcohol units. Those who did not drink alcohol knew less than those who did and trainee doctors had significantly less knowledge than more senior physicians. Junior doctors who often deal with alcohol-related problems in their day-to-day hospital work had a poor knowledge. There needs to be a greater emphasis on alcohol and alcohol-related problems (including how to calculate alcohol units) in undergraduate and postgraduate curricula to improve doctors' knowledge and awareness of this important subject.

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“…Tako zdravstveno osebje pogosto ne spozna, da je škodljivo pitje alkohola, ki je močno povezano s funkcionalnimi motnjami starostnika ter se lahko vpleta v delovanje predpisanih zdravil, pomemben vzrok obolevnosti in umrljivosti (10). Ključnega pomena je zato odkrivanje tveganega in škodljivega pitja alkohola pri starostnikih, prepoznavanje dejavnikov tveganja in zdravljenje (11,12,13). Zdravnik družinske medicine se v ambulanti vsak dan sreča s približno pet do deset bolniki, ki pijejo tvegano ali škodljivo, vendar pa mnogi ostanejo neodkriti (14) zaradi ovir, kot so: strah pred bolnikovim odzivom ali stigmatizacijo, slabo poznavanje definicije tveganega pitja, dvom v učinkovitost svetovanja, dvom v odkritosrčnost bolnikov ter pomanjkanje časa (15).…”

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“…Poznavanje stališč in norm ciljne populacije je lahko v pomoč vsem, ki se srečujejo s tveganim ali škodljivim pitjem alkohola pri starostnikih, predvsem pa omogoča usmerjeno vodenje pogovora, ki je ob fizikalnem pregledu v ambulanti družinske medicine ključnega pomena pri prepoznavanju starejših bolnikov, ki pijejo tvegano ali škodljivo ali pa so celo zasvojeni z alkoholom (11). Tovrstne raziskave so v pomoč načrtovalcem zdravstvene politike pri oblikovanju akcijskih načrtov in javnozdravstvenih ukrepov za izboljšanje stanja v naraščajoči populaciji starostnikov.…”

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