酒精使用障碍治疗缺口及其相关物质在中年和老年人中存在
Silke Behrendt1,2, Alexis Kuerbis3, Anna Mejldal2,4
1Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Drug and alcohol review
|January 31, 2025
概括
酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 在老年人中得到的治疗显著不足,即使在那些症状严重的人中,治疗率也很低. 增加医疗保健提供者联系可能有助于老年人获得AUD治疗.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
背景情况:
- 酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 是一个重要的公共卫生问题,特别是在老年人群中.
- 现有的数据表明,老年人中AUD的诊断和治疗不足.
- 国家治疗登记册提供了关于治疗机会和这一人口群体的差异的有价值的见解.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定老年人中AUD治疗接收的患病率.
- 确定与老年人AUD治疗获得相关的社会人口统计学,健康相关和物质使用相关的因素.
- 为了研究不同程度的问题性酒精使用的治疗模式.
主要方法:
- 使用了2017年丹麦国家健康调查的子样本 (n=13,403,年龄55-80岁).
- 与丹麦国家登记处丰富调查数据,包括国家酒精治疗数据库.
- 采用后勤回归来分析12个月AUD治疗的流行率和相关性,通过CAGE问卷结果进行分层分析.
主要成果:
- 12个月AUD治疗的患病率总体为0.5%,CAGE阳性为1.6%,E标准子样本为3.8%.
- 没有结婚/没有伴侣,经历孤独,和与医疗保健提供者的接触与AUD治疗接收有积极的关联.
- 这些关联在所有分析的子样本中保持一致.
结论:
- 在老年人中,AUD治疗水平仍然显著不足,即使在高风险子样本中,AUD治疗率也低于5%.
- 研究结果强调,需要改善老龄化人口的AUD识别和治疗途径.
- 与医疗保健提供者的互动增加可能成为老年人中AUD治疗的关键入口.
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