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DRUG ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE:
ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM: DETECTION :
MEDICAL: RESEARCH:
NIH Study Finds Doctors Miss Many Alcohol Screening Opportunities
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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 09:48:13 -0400
From: "NIH OLIB (NIH/OD)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: NIH Study Finds Doctors
Miss Many Alcohol Screening Opportunities
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
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For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 6, 2011
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CONTACT:
NIAAA Press Office
301-443-3860
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NIH STUDY FINDS DOCTORS MISS MANY ALCOHOL SCREENING OPPORTUNITIES
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Physicians often fail to counsel their young adult patients about
excessive alcohol use, according to a study led by the National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes
of Health.
NIAAA guidelines for low risk drinking call for men to drink no more than
four drinks in a day and no more than 14 drinks per week. For women, the
guidelines are three or fewer drinks per day and no more than seven drinks
per week. Previous studies have shown that screening and brief
interventions by health care providers -- asking patients about alcohol
use and advising them to reduce risky drinking -- can promote significant,
lasting reductions in drinking levels and alcohol-related problems. In
addition to NIAAA, professional groups such as the American Medical
Association and the American Society of Addiction Medicine, as well as the
U.S Preventive Services Task Force, recommend routine screening for
alcohol misuse in primary care and brief interventions for individuals who
screen positive.
In the current study, Ralph W. Hingson, Sc.D., director of NIAAA's
division of epidemiology and prevention research, and colleagues at Boston
University School of Public Health and Boston Medical Center conducted a
random survey of more than 4,000 people in the United States between the
ages of 18 and 39. The researchers asked survey participants about their
drinking habits and whether they had been seen by a doctor during the past
year. Those who had seen a doctor were asked additional questions to
determine whether the doctor had assessed their alcohol use and advised
them about safe drinking practices during the visit. The researchers
report that 16 percent of those surveyed were non-drinkers, 24 percent
drank at or below daily or weekly limits, 47 percent exceeded daily or
weekly limits, and 13 percent exceeded both. The findings are online in
the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
"Two-thirds of the people we surveyed had been seen by a doctor in the
past year," says Dr. Hingson. "However, of individuals whose drinking
exceeded NIAAA guidelines, only 49 percent recalled being asked about
their drinking, and only 14 percent were counseled about it. Young adults
between ages 18 and 25 were the most likely to report drinking in excess
of NIAAA guidelines, and only 34 percent of them were asked about drinking
by their doctors, compared with 54 percent of adults ages 26 to 39."
"In the United States, excessive alcohol use is the third leading
preventable cause of death," says NIAAA Acting Director Kenneth Warren,
Ph.D. "It's also a significant cause of disability for men and women in
this country. The findings reported by Dr. Hingson and his colleagues
indicate that we must redouble our efforts to help clinicians make alcohol
screening and brief intervention a routine part of patient care in the
United States."
Dr. Warren adds that NIAAA's 'Helping Patients Who Drink Too Much: A
Clinician's Guide, available at the NIAAA website, provides a
research-based, simplified approach to alcohol screening and brief
intervention for both primary care and mental health clinicians.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the
National Institutes of Health, is the primary U.S. agency for conducting
and supporting research on the causes, consequences, prevention, and
treatment of alcohol abuse, alcoholism, and alcohol problems. NIAAA also
disseminates research findings to general, professional, and academic
audiences. Additional alcohol research information and publications are
available at
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www.niaaa.nih.gov
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About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical
research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary
federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and
translational medical research, and is investigating the causes,
treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more
information about NIH and its programs, visit
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REFERENCE:
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Young Adults at Risk for Excess Alcohol Consumption
Are Often Not Asked or Counseled About Drinking Alcohol
Ralph W. Hingson, et al.
Journal of General Internal Medicine
(September 21, 2011)
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This NIH News Release is available online at:
http://www.nih.gov/news/health/oct2011/niaaa-06.htm
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