Brief interventions for heavy alcohol users admitted to general hospital wards

McQueen, Jean; Allan, Linda; Mains, Diane; Coupar, Fiona

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd005191

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“…One way to combat these problems may be through brief alcohol interventions (McQueen et al 2011) where the health worker spends 10-20 min speaking with the patients about their alcohol problems.…”

Section: Prevention Of Alcohol Problemsmentioning

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Lifestyle factors in somatic patients with and without potential alcohol problems

Schwarz

Nielsen

2018

J Public Health (Berl.)

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Background In the present study, we investigated the overall lifestyles of patients with hazardous alcohol use and alcohol dependence who were admitted to the hospital and investigated unhealthy lifestyle factors and their clustering in inpatients. Methods Patients admitted to the gastrointestinal, neurologic or orthopedic departments at Odense University Hospital or to the emergency department at Aabenraa Hospital in the inclusion period, October 2013 to June 2016, completed a lifestyle questionnaire asking questions about their diet, alcohol consumption, exercise and smoking habits. Patients were divided into three groups depending on their score from the alcohol use disorder identification test, which was embedded in the lifestyle questionnaire, and odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression. Results Patients with alcohol dependence had statistically significantly higher odds of being smokers, having unhealthy diets and being physically inactive compared with patients without alcohol problems. Among patients with hazardous alcohol drinking, we found an increased occurrence of smokers and an inverse association between hazardous alcohol drinking and being physically inactive. Many of the patients had attempted to change their unhealthy lifestyles. Conclusion We found that alcohol problems are related to a clustering of other lifestyle factors and that many of the patients admitted to certain departments showed signs of various kinds of alcohol problems. Therefore, specific hospital departments could be opportune settings for preventive alcohol interventions.

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Section: Prevention Of Alcohol Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lifestyle factors in somatic patients with and without potential alcohol problems

Schwarz

Nielsen

2018

J Public Health (Berl.)

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“…Thus, although many individual patients will benefit, brief advice in primary health care may be thought of as a "shotgun" approach to reducing alcohol-related harm with important public health potential. Evidence to support brief advice in other medical setting, such as accident and emergency departments (Crawford et al, 2004) and general hospital wards (Holloway et al, 2007) is promising, although still considered inconclusive (Harvard et al, 2008;McQueen et al, 2009) and research is proceeding in these settings. In addition there are a range of other settings, both medical and non-medical, for which the evidence of effectiveness of brief advice ranges from inconclusive to non-existent but where there are reasons to believe that they have potential to reduce alcohol-related harm (see, eg, Heather & Kaner,200).…”

Section: Extended Brief Interventionmentioning

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The case for extended brief interventions

Heather¹

2011

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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The case for extended brief interventions Brief interventions directed against hazardous and harmful drinking have become popular in recent years, both among researchers and, to some extent, among general practitioners and other health professionals. There is a strong evidence-base, at least in primary health care, to justify this popularity. But there is often confusion about what exactly alcohol brief intervention consists of. In fact, the term ‘brief intervention’ does not describe a single, well-defined activity but rather a family of interventions that differ in a range of ways. Although they all share the characteristics of being briefer than most formal treatment programmes for alcohol problems and of being aimed at drinkers with less severe problems and levels of dependence than those typically attending specialized treatment services, brief interventions differ among themselves in duration over time, number of scheduled sessions, procedures and accompanying materials, styles of interaction, delivery personnel and settings, and the underlying theoretical approach on which they are based.

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“…Hospitals may therefore be a relevant setting for alcohol interventions, but the agenda is complex. While some interventions aim for increased quality of patient care with respect to the current disease (9) others are opportunistic and aim to identify and intervene with regard to patients at risk for future or long term alcohol-related co-morbitiy and dependence (10). Furthermore, whilst some hospital patients are admitted with alcohol-related diseases or injuries, which may be acute or chronic, others may exhibit indicators of a current hazardous alcohol intake without present alcohol-related morbidity.…”

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Hazardous drinkers in Norwegian hospitals – a cross-sectional study of prevalence and drinking patterns among somatic patients

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Background: High alcohol intake has been associated with increased risk of hospital admission, increased complication rates, and prolonged hospital stay. Thus, hospital admission may present a relevant opportunity for alcohol intervention. To understand the potential of alcohol interventions we need knowledge about patients' drinking patterns. The aim of this study was therefore to determine the drinking patterns in a Norwegian hospital population. Methods: A multicentre cross-sectional survey was carried out at three university hospitals. Patients were asked about alcohol intake one month prior to admission/outpatient treatment. The questionnaire included weekly alcohol intake calculated by frequency X quantity as well as episodes of binge drinking (drinking more than 5 AU during a single day). AUDIT-C was used to determine the frequency of patients having a hazardous drinking pattern during the 12 months prior to hospital treatment. Results: In total we assessed 2,932 patients for eligibility. A total of 2,350 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. We included 1,522 patients (65%) in the analyses. Six percent of the women and 11% of the men reported drinking more than the weekly limits of nine alcohol units (AU) for women and 14 AU for men. Fourteen percent of the women and 29% of the men reported binge drinking during the last month. The frequency of women scoring more or equal to 4 points on AUDIT-C was 20%. The frequency of men scoring more or equal to 5 points was 25%. Conclusion: Hazardous drinking among Norwegian hospital patients may be more prevalent than what has been reported for the Norwegian population in general. Binge drinking is the dominant drinking pattern.

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Brief interventions for heavy alcohol users admitted to general hospital wards

Cited by 13 publications

References 7 publications

Lifestyle factors in somatic patients with and without potential alcohol problems

Lifestyle factors in somatic patients with and without potential alcohol problems

The case for extended brief interventions

Hazardous drinkers in Norwegian hospitals – a cross-sectional study of prevalence and drinking patterns among somatic patients

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