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Screening in Primary Care for Alcohol Use Compared With Smoking, Diet, and Physical Activity: A Repeated Population
Andreas Lundin1, Mats Hallgren1, Anna-Karin Danielsson1
1Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Objective:
Screening and brief intervention in primary care for hazardous alcohol use is potentially a means to improve public health but is seldom implemented. There are few comparisons with general practitioner screening for other lifestyle habits.
Method:
Repeated cross-sectional surveys from 2004, 2008, and 2012 in Sweden were used (N = 28,935) to document general practitioner visitors' reports on being asked and advised about alcohol, tobacco, diet, and physical activity when visiting primary care.
Results:
Screening increased for all health behaviors, with the most apparent increase found for alcohol use.
Conclusions:
Screening for alcohol use can efficiently be integrated into health care, along with that for other lifestyle habits.
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