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Managing alcohol problems in general practice.
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A questionnaire on the management of alcohol problems was sent to 467 general practitioners. Of the 312 who replied, nine tenths thought that they had a legitimate role in working with patients with drinking problems, but less than a half thought that they were adequately equipped to perform this role. Only two fifths felt motivated to work with drinkers, less than a third were satisfied with the way in which they worked with drinkers, and fewer than one in 10 obtained work satisfaction from working with drinkers. Only 29% of doctors regularly gave advice to patients to reduce alcohol consumption, but 56% believed that their advice was effective. Doctors who had positive attitudes to working with drinkers undertook more work related to alcohol problems in their practice. There is a need to provide further education for general practitioners about alcohol related matters, and this education should include advice on intervention with heavy drinkers.
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“Twenty-three studies reported on how GPs felt about their abilities for screening and advising at-risk drinkers, of which 16 found a majority of GPs believed they were confident in their abilities [20, 36, 40, 44–47, 50, 52, 59–62, 64, 65, 67, 78, 81, 83, 104, 106, 108, 111] compared with 1 of 3 studies involving nurses [20, 36, 59].”
From Factors influencing the implementation of screening and brief interventions for alcohol use in primary care practices: a systematic review using the COM-B system and Theoretical Domains Framework (2021) · cites this paper as [44]
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“With the notable exception of 1 study on GPs from Sri Lanka [67], the majority of the GPs in the remaining 13 studies addressing this issue (8 from the UK), and of the nurses in 3 studies (2 from Sweden and 1 from the UK) reported feeling unsatisfied advising patients to cut down [16, 20, 23, 44, 57, 59–62, 73, 78, 94, 108].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Anderson, P.
- Corresponding author
- Anderson, P
- ORCID
- Anderson, P
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 1985-06-22
- Volume
- 290
- Issue
- 6485
- Pages
- 1873.1-1875
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0267-0623
- 1468-5833
- OpenAlex
- W2093649394
- Cited by
- 122
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- www.bmj.com/company/legal-information/terms-conditions/legal-information/tdm-licencepolicy (tdm)
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Family Practice › Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Keywords
- alcohol problems, general practitioners, alcohol abuse, physician attitudes, heavy drinkers, physician training, primary care, job satisfaction
- MeSH terms
- Alcoholism, Attitude of Health Personnel, England, Family Practice, Female, Humans, Male
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