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Primary health care professionals' activity in intervening in patients' alcohol drinking: a patient perspective
Mauri Aalto1, Petteri Pekuri, Kaija Seppa
1Department of Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital, P.O. Box 2000, FIN-33521, Tampere, Finland. maalto@tays.fi
Aim:
To test the hypothesis that primary health care professionals' activity in intervening in patients' alcohol drinking is low.
Method:
A patient questionnaire survey after consultation blind to the primary health care professionals. Subjects were 1000 16-65 -year-old consecutive patients consulting a general practitioner. The response rate was 66.5%.
Results:
Of all participants 6.3% and of excessive drinkers 11.9% were asked about alcohol drinking at the consultation in question. Of all 64.7% and of excessive drinkers 52.4% had never been asked about drinking. Of all 6.0% and of excessive drinkers 19.0% were advised about alcohol drinking at the consultation in question.
Conclusion:
Alcohol drinking is rarely brought up in discussion by primary health care professionals, even in the case of excessive drinkers.
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