Shakeshaft A P, Bowman J A, Sanson-Fisher R W
Hunter Centre for Health Advancement, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia.
Addiction. 1997 Nov;92(11):1411-22.
Despite a large body of literature, a substantial burden of illness related to the abuse of alcohol, as well as significant economic and social costs, persist. As such, a critical examination of the type of research being published in relation to alcohol misuse seems appropriate, particularly since some experts in the field have expressed the view that the current distribution of research types may not be optimal.
The types of research conducted in two separate years, 1983 and 1993, were examined critically. Generally, the types of research conducted in both years was found to be similar: the majority of published alcohol research is behavioural, the majority of published behavioural alcohol research is descriptive and the majority of published behavioural intervention alcohol research represents tertiary prevention studies. Although the reasons for this distribution of research types are undoubtedly numerous and complex, some possible explanations are discussed.
Overall, it is concluded that the current approach to alcohol research may have engendered a distribution of research types which is somewhat less than ideal and that, as such, a new approach may be indicated. Some strategies that may assist in redressing the perceived imbalance are considered.
尽管有大量文献，但与酒精滥用相关的重大疾病负担以及巨大的经济和社会成本依然存在。因此，对与酒精滥用相关的已发表研究类型进行批判性审视似乎是恰当的，特别是因为该领域的一些专家认为当前研究类型的分布可能并非最优。
对1983年和1993年这两个不同年份进行的研究类型进行了批判性审视。总体而言，发现这两年进行的研究类型相似：大多数已发表的酒精研究是行为学方面的，大多数已发表的行为学酒精研究是描述性的，并且大多数已发表的行为干预酒精研究代表三级预防研究。尽管研究类型如此分布的原因无疑众多且复杂，但还是讨论了一些可能的解释。
总体而言，得出的结论是，当前的酒精研究方法可能导致了研究类型的分布不太理想，因此可能需要一种新方法。考虑了一些有助于纠正这种明显失衡的策略。
