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Prevalence of problem-related drinking among doctors: a review on representative samples
Aims: This paper is a review of the literature on problem-related drinking of alcohol among medical doctors, and it deals with the epidemiology and results. Methods: A search of computer literature databases - PubMed and ETOH - was performed to locate articles reporting problem-related drinking amon...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2703249/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19675724 |
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description | Aims: This paper is a review of the literature on problem-related drinking of alcohol among medical doctors, and it deals with the epidemiology and results. Methods: A search of computer literature databases - PubMed and ETOH - was performed to locate articles reporting problem-related drinking among doctors, using population-based samples of doctors within the last two decades. Results: In the light of different definitions of problem-related drinking, there was found a breadth of prevalence of problem-related drinking - from heavy drinking and hazardous drinking (12%-16%) to misuse and dependence (6%-8%) - within the population-based samples of doctors. An increased risk was positively related to male doctors and doctors of the age of 40-45 years and older, and to some factors of work, lifestyle and health. Conclusion: For the future, it seems necessary to sensitise the research for problem-related drinking of doctors in Germany, e.g. initiating a representative survey, analysing the drinking of alcohol in the context of health, life-style and work-related factors. |
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spelling | pubmed-27032492009-07-28 Prevalence of problem-related drinking among doctors: a review on representative samples Rosta, Judith Ger Med Sci Article Aims: This paper is a review of the literature on problem-related drinking of alcohol among medical doctors, and it deals with the epidemiology and results. Methods: A search of computer literature databases - PubMed and ETOH - was performed to locate articles reporting problem-related drinking among doctors, using population-based samples of doctors within the last two decades. Results: In the light of different definitions of problem-related drinking, there was found a breadth of prevalence of problem-related drinking - from heavy drinking and hazardous drinking (12%-16%) to misuse and dependence (6%-8%) - within the population-based samples of doctors. An increased risk was positively related to male doctors and doctors of the age of 40-45 years and older, and to some factors of work, lifestyle and health. Conclusion: For the future, it seems necessary to sensitise the research for problem-related drinking of doctors in Germany, e.g. initiating a representative survey, analysing the drinking of alcohol in the context of health, life-style and work-related factors. German Medical Science 2005-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2703249/ /pubmed/19675724 Text en Copyright © 2005 Rosta http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en). You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Rosta, Judith Prevalence of problem-related drinking among doctors: a review on representative samples |
title | Prevalence of problem-related drinking among doctors: a review on representative samples |
title_full | Prevalence of problem-related drinking among doctors: a review on representative samples |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of problem-related drinking among doctors: a review on representative samples |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of problem-related drinking among doctors: a review on representative samples |
title_short | Prevalence of problem-related drinking among doctors: a review on representative samples |
title_sort | prevalence of problem-related drinking among doctors: a review on representative samples |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2703249/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19675724 |
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