Beard Emma, Brown Jamie, West Robert, Acton Crispin, Brennan Alan, Drummond Colin, Hickman Matthew, Holmes John, Kaner Eileen, Lock Karen, Walmsley Matthew, Michie Susan
Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
BMC Public Health. 2015 Mar 7;15:230. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1542-7.
Timely tracking of national patterns of alcohol consumption is needed to inform and evaluate strategies and policies aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm. Between 2014 until at least 2017, the Alcohol Toolkit Study (ATS) will provide such tracking data and link these with policy changes and campaigns. By virtue of its connection with the 'Smoking Toolkit Study' (STS), links will also be examined between alcohol and smoking-related behaviour.
METHODS/DESIGN: The ATS consists of cross-sectional household, computer-assisted interviews of representative samples of adults in England aged 16+. Each month a new sample of approximately 1800 adults complete the survey (~n = 21,600 per year). All respondents who consent to be followed-up are asked to complete a telephone survey 6 months later. The ATS has been funded to collect at least 36 waves of baseline and 6-month follow-up data across a period of 3 years. Questions cover alcohol consumption and related harm (AUDIT), socio-demographic characteristics, attempts to reduce or cease consumption and factors associated with this, and exposure to health professional advice on alcohol. The ATS complements the STS, which has been tracking key performance indicators relating to smoking since 2006. As both the ATS and STS involve the same respondents, it is possible to assess interactions between changes in alcohol and tobacco use. Data analysis will involve: 1) Descriptive and exploratory analyses undertaken according to a pre-defined set of principles while allowing scope for pursuing lines of enquiry that arise from prior analyses; 2) Hypothesis testing according to pre-specified, published analysis plans. Descriptive data on important trends will be published monthly on a dedicated website: www.alcoholinengland.info .
The Alcohol Toolkit Study will improve understanding of population level factors influencing alcohol consumption and be an important resource for policy evaluation and planning.
需要及时追踪全国酒精消费模式，以便为旨在减少与酒精相关危害的战略和政策提供信息并进行评估。在2014年至至少2017年期间，酒精工具包研究（ATS）将提供此类追踪数据，并将这些数据与政策变化及宣传活动联系起来。由于与“吸烟工具包研究”（STS）相关联，还将研究酒精与吸烟相关行为之间的联系。
方法/设计：ATS包括对英格兰16岁及以上成年人的代表性样本进行的横断面家庭计算机辅助访谈。每月有一个约1800名成年人的新样本完成调查（每年约n = 21600）。所有同意接受随访的受访者将在6个月后被要求完成一项电话调查。ATS已获得资金，在3年时间内收集至少36轮基线数据和6个月的随访数据。问题涵盖酒精消费及相关危害（酒精使用障碍识别测试）、社会人口学特征、减少或戒酒的尝试及其相关因素，以及接受健康专业人员关于酒精的建议情况。ATS对STS起到补充作用，STS自2006年以来一直在追踪与吸烟相关的关键绩效指标。由于ATS和STS涉及相同的受访者，因此可以评估酒精和烟草使用变化之间的相互作用。数据分析将包括：1）根据预先定义的一组原则进行描述性和探索性分析，同时为根据先前分析产生的调查线索留出空间；2）根据预先指定并已发表的分析计划进行假设检验。关于重要趋势的描述性数据将每月在一个专门网站上发布：www.alcoholinengland.info 。
酒精工具包研究将增进对影响酒精消费的人群层面因素的理解，并成为政策评估和规划的重要资源。
