What is it about?
Around 55% of French general practitioners systematically screened their patients for at-risk alcohol consumption. Almost half never used standardized tools to screen suspected at-risk patients. Being aware of and using the “early identification and brief intervention” screening strategy, and feeling absolutely comfortable talking with patients about reducing or stopping their alcohol use, were both associated with more frequent screening and use of standardized tools.
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Why is it important?
Our results on at-risk alcohol use screening highlight an improvement over data from previous studies.
Perspectives
Better training of French general practitioners in good alcohol screening practices may improve identification of at-risk patients.
Tangui Barré
Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale, ISSPAM, Marseille, France
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This page is a summary of: Screening for alcohol use in primary care: assessing French general practitioner practices, Alcohol and Alcoholism, October 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agad067.
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