The Auckland alcohol detoxification outcome study: Measuring changes in quality of life in individuals completing a medicated withdrawal from alcohol in a detoxification unit

Association of impulsivity with quality of life and well‐being after alcohol withdrawal treatment

“…Another important finding of the present study is that abstinence and drinking patterns since release from withdrawal treatment did not significantly relate to health-related quality of life and well-being. This supports the assumption that abstinence is not necessary for improvements in health-related quality of life (Macfarlane et al, 2019), and that even heavy drinking individuals with alcohol use disorder can display above-average levels . Only craving was a negative correlate of health-related quality of life and well-being, in line with previous studies (Herrold et al, 2017).…”

“…Evidence on the role of drinking patterns for health‐related quality of life and well‐being is diverging. Despite a positive association of health‐related quality of life and well‐being with abstinence (Vederhus et al, 2016), as well as a reduction of drinking (Macfarlane et al, 2019; Witkiewitz et al, 2021), it may even for heavily drinking individuals be possible to display above‐average physical and mental health‐related quality of life (Witkiewitz et al, 2020). Besides actual drinking behavior, alcohol craving seems to be negatively related to mental health‐related quality of life (Herrold et al, 2017).…”

Integrating an addiction team into the management of patients transplanted for alcohol-associated liver disease reduces the risk of severe relapse

“… 33 However, some studies have suggested a lower QOL for patients with ALD, notably because of a poorer professional reintegration after transplantation, a factor known to be associated with QOL. 34 By analogy with the protective effect of abstinence maintenance in AUD, 35 we can hypothesise that prevention of severe alcohol relapse would improve QOL in transplant patients. Nonetheless, this theory has not yet been demonstrated.…”