K. SRINIVASAN, DPM., MD., Professor, Department of Psychiatry. St. John's Medical College Hospital, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore- 560 034.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2000 Jul;42(3):247-52.
We studied the prevalence of harmful use of alcohol and alcohol related diseases in newly admitted patients in a general hospital. Two hundred and ninety seven patients were screened for alcohol use with Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Sixty one subjects (21%) had harmful pattern of alcohol consumption. Of these twenty eight patients (9.4%) had alcohol-related diseases, while in 33 patients (11.1%) we did not find any association between alcohol use and hospital diagnoses. Physicians' referral rate for problem drinking was low. The findings indicate the need for an active consultation service to address the specific issue of harmful drinking among patients admitted in general hospitals.
我们研究了综合医院新入院患者中有害饮酒和与酒精相关疾病的流行情况。我们使用酒精使用障碍识别测试(AUDIT)对 297 名患者进行了饮酒筛查。有 61 名患者(21%)存在有害饮酒模式。其中 28 名患者(9.4%)有与酒精相关的疾病,而在 33 名患者(11.1%)中,我们没有发现饮酒与医院诊断之间存在任何关联。医生对饮酒问题的转介率较低。研究结果表明,需要建立一个主动咨询服务,以解决综合医院住院患者中有害饮酒的具体问题。