OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of alcohol misuse among medical inpatients
and the methods used by medical staff to evaluate alcohol consumption. METHODS …

BACKGROUND: Professional organizations recommend screening and brief intervention for
unhealthy alcohol use; however, brief intervention has established efficacy only for people …

Aim To determine the detection rates, clinical features, and risk factors for lack of registration
of alcohol use in medical patients admitted in European hospitals. Methods A point …

Objective To measure a 1-day point prevalence of alcohol dependence among hospitalized
patients and to assess practices of detection, evaluation, and diagnosis of alcohol problems …

Background Few studies have examined the prevalence of unhealthy alcohol use in the
hospital outpatient setting. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of unhealthy alcohol use …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Unhealthy alcohol use is prevalent but under-diagnosed in
primary care settings. OBJECTIVE To validate, in primary care, a single-item screening test …

BACKGROUND Prevalence of unhealthy alcohol use among medical inpatients is high.
OBJECTIVE To characterize the course and outcomes of unhealthy alcohol use, and factors …

Abstract purpose: To evaluate two methods for assessing the prevalence of alcohol abuse in
hospitalized patients based upon scores on standardized alcoholism screening instruments …

This cross-sectional study in a general hospital revealed that 37.5% of inpatients were
alcoholics, excessive drinkers, or probable alcoholics; when only males were considered …

Prevalence estimates of alcohol abuse or dependence in general hospitals are often limited
to single wards, small data collecting periods or insufficient diagnostic procedures …