Proudfoot Heather, Teesson Maree
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2009 Mar;28(2):154-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2008.00019.x.
This study was designed to examine the relationship between alcohol dependence and general practitioner (GP) service attendance in Australia.
Data were analysed from the 1997 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. In this survey, a representative sample of the Australian population was interviewed to ascertain past 12 month psychiatric diagnoses for all major mental disorders as well as the use of primary and other health services (n = 10 641, 79% response rate).
People with alcohol dependence comorbid with other psychiatric disorders have higher rates of service usage than those without such disorders.
Alcohol dependence comorbid with mental disorders has a significant impact on GP service in Australia. High rates of service use by individuals with such comorbidities were a considerable burden for GP services.
本研究旨在探讨澳大利亚酒精依赖与全科医生（GP）服务就诊率之间的关系。
对1997年澳大利亚全国心理健康与幸福调查的数据进行分析。在该调查中，对澳大利亚人口的代表性样本进行了访谈，以确定过去12个月内所有主要精神障碍的精神科诊断以及初级和其他卫生服务的使用情况（n = 10641，应答率79%）。
与其他精神障碍共病的酒精依赖患者比无此类障碍的患者有更高的服务使用率。
在澳大利亚，与精神障碍共病的酒精依赖对全科医生服务有重大影响。此类共病个体的高服务使用率给全科医生服务带来了相当大的负担。
