Detection and registration of alcohol use in the Emergency Department

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Authors

  • Pol Bruguera Unitat de Conductes Addictives. Servei de Psiquiatria i Psicologia Clínica. Institut de Neurociències. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona. España. / Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. España. / Grup de Recerca en Addiccions Clínic. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. IDIBAPS. Universitat de Barcelona. Red de Trastornos adictivos (RETICS). Barcelona. España.
  • Pablo Barrio Unitat de Conductes Addictives. Servei de Psiquiatria i Psicologia Clínica. Institut de Neurociències. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona. España. / Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. España. / Grup de Recerca en Addiccions Clínic. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. IDIBAPS. Universitat de Barcelona. Red de Trastornos adictivos (RETICS). Barcelona. España.
  • Clara Oliveras Unitat de Conductes Addictives. Servei de Psiquiatria i Psicologia Clínica. Institut de Neurociències. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona. España. / Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. España. / Grup de Recerca en Addiccions Clínic. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. IDIBAPS. Universitat de Barcelona. Red de Trastornos adictivos (RETICS). Barcelona. España.
  • Mireia Vázquez Servei de Urgències i Servei de Psiquiatria i Psicologia Clínica. Institut de Neurociències. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona. España.
  • Victòria Soler Servei de Urgències i Servei de Psiquiatria i Psicologia Clínica. Institut de Neurociències. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona. España.
  • Laura Nuño Unitat de Conductes Addictives. Servei de Psiquiatria i Psicologia Clínica. Institut de Neurociències. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona. España. / Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. España. / Grup de Recerca en Addiccions Clínic. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. IDIBAPS. Universitat de Barcelona. Red de Trastornos adictivos (RETICS). Barcelona. España.
  • Eduard Vieta Programa Trastorns Bipolars. Servei de Psiquiatria i Psicologia Clínica. Institut de Neurociències. Hospital Clínic. IDIBAPS. Barcelona. España. / Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. España. / Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM). Madrid. España.
  • Antoni Gual Unitat de Conductes Addictives. Servei de Psiquiatria i Psicologia Clínica. Institut de Neurociències. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona. España. / Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona. España. / Grup de Recerca en Addiccions Clínic. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. IDIBAPS. Universitat de Barcelona. Red de Trastornos adictivos (RETICS). Barcelona. España.

Keywords:

Emergency department, Risky drinking, Screening

Abstract

Background: Due to the high economic and morbimortality burden associated to alcohol use, in the last decades, public health services have developed several programs to detect and to intervene on at risk drinkers in primary care settings and emergency departments (ED). The aim of this study is to determine the proportion of detected and registered risky drinkers in an ED of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
Methods: All patients over 18 years old, presenting to the ED and reporting risky drinking, were asked to participate. We did a descriptive analysis of the data after revising clinical records.
Results: We detected 247 risky drinkers after assessing more than 2,047 patients with AUDIT-C scale. From these, 200 accepted to participate. Only 65 (32.5%) of these patients were properly detected and registered as risky drinkers, while the majority of them (122, 61%) had no record about their alcohol use in their clinical records.
Conclusions: Risky drinkers are properly detected and registered in less than 35% of the patients. It is necessary to evaluate which barriers are restricting the implementation of screening programs to detect at risk drinkers.

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2020-04-08

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Bruguera P, Barrio P, Oliveras C, Vázquez M, Soler V, Nuño L, et al. Detection and registration of alcohol use in the Emergency Department: e202004019. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 2020 Apr. 8 [cited 2024 Nov. 22];94:8 páginas. Available from: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/876

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