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Prevalence of problem-related drinking among doctors: a review on representative samples
1Department for Sociology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/M., Germany. Rosta@soz.uni-frankfurt.de
Aims:
This paper is a review of the literature on problem-related drinking of alcohol among medical doctors, and it deals with the epidemiology and results.
Methods:
A search of computer literature databases - PubMed and ETOH - was performed to locate articles reporting problem-related drinking among doctors, using population-based samples of doctors within the last two decades.
Results:
In the light of different definitions of problem-related drinking, there was found a breadth of prevalence of problem-related drinking - from heavy drinking and hazardous drinking (12%-16%) to misuse and dependence (6%-8%) - within the population-based samples of doctors. An increased risk was positively related to male doctors and doctors of the age of 40-45 years and older, and to some factors of work, lifestyle and health.
Conclusion:
For the future, it seems necessary to sensitise the research for problem-related drinking of doctors in Germany, e.g. initiating a representative survey, analysing the drinking of alcohol in the context of health, life-style and work-related factors.
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