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Consultation contexts and the acceptability of alcohol enquiry from general practitioners - a survey experiment

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posted on 2024-11-13, 23:49 authored by Chun Wah Michael Tam, Louis Hion-Lam Leong, Nicholas Zwar, Charlotte Hespe
Background: General practitioners have a crucial role in detecting risky drinking in patients. However, little is known about how the context of the consultation affect patient acceptability of these discussions. Methods: During one week in May 2014, adult patients seen at a community general practice in Sydney were randomised to receive one of two postal questionnaires. Participants rated the acceptability of alcohol enquiry in 20 vignettes of general practice consultations, either within a SNAP (smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity) framework (intervention) or alone (control). Results: Of the 441 patients who received the questionnaires, 144 returned completed and returned it. The intervention group rated an additional 2.1 (95% CI = 0.38-3.7, P = 0.016) vignettes as acceptable compared to the control group. Alcohol enquiry acceptability varied greatly between individual scenarios. Discussion: Alcohol-use assessment may be more acceptable to patients when it is framed within the SNAP framework, especially in certain presentations (eg diabetes management).

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Tam, C. Wah Michael., Leong, L. Hion-Lam., Zwar, N. & Hespe, C. (2015). Consultation contexts and the acceptability of alcohol enquiry from general practitioners - a survey experiment. Australian Family Physician, 44 (7), 490-496.

Journal title

Australian Family Physician

Volume

44

Issue

7

Pagination

490-496

Language

English

RIS ID

111667

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