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Hazardous alcohol‐drinking problems among a Chinese hospital patient population
Author(s) -
Tsai YunFang,
Lin YeaPyng,
Tsai MeiChu,
Weng ChihErh,
Chen ChingYen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/jan.12043
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , psychological intervention , logistic regression , intervention (counseling) , hazardous waste , alcohol , suicide prevention , population , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , psychiatry , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology , biology
Aim The aims of this study were to explore: (1) the prevalence and predictors for hazardous alcohol‐drinking problems; and (2) previous assessments and interventions for alcohol‐drinking problems in hospitalized Chinese patients. Background Alcohol is legally accessible and widely used in Taiwan, but few studies have addressed alcohol‐drinking problems in hospital settings. Design A cross‐sectional design was used. Method Self‐report data were collected in 2009 from 484 patients at five randomly selected general teaching hospitals. Findings The prevalence of hazardous alcohol‐drinking problems was 19·2%. Logistic regression analysis revealed that predictors for hazardous drinking problems were being male, smoking, and chewing betel quid. Only 29·1% of participants had been assessed for drinking problems in the past year. Only 38·7% of participants with drinking problems had received a drinking intervention in the past year. Conclusion These findings suggest that alcohol problems in Taiwanese general teaching hospitals are insufficiently assessed and targeted with interventions. Targeting high‐risk groups in general teaching hospitals is important to prevent patients' drinking problems.