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Attitudes and Recommendations of Physicians towards Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Health: A Perspective from Argentina

Despite epidemiological findings of improvements in cardiovascular risk factors with a light-to-moderate intake of alcohol, many misconceptions remain regarding alcohol intake and the risks and benefits of consumption. We sought to examine physician attitudes and recommendations regarding alcohol in...

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Autores principales: Lopez Santi, Ricardo, Haseeb, Sohaib, Alexander, Bryce, D′Ovidio, Adrian, Gimenez, Sergio, Secotaro, Carlos, Martinez Demaria, Diego, Pupi, Luis Maria, Costantini, Sonia, Piskorz, Daniel, Amarilla, Alejandro, Lorenzatti, Alberto, Gutierrez, Narcisa, Hopman, Wilma, Baranchuk, Adrian
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30200449
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases6030077
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author Lopez Santi, Ricardo
Haseeb, Sohaib
Alexander, Bryce
D′Ovidio, Adrian
Gimenez, Sergio
Secotaro, Carlos
Martinez Demaria, Diego
Pupi, Luis Maria
Costantini, Sonia
Piskorz, Daniel
Amarilla, Alejandro
Lorenzatti, Alberto
Gutierrez, Narcisa
Hopman, Wilma
Baranchuk, Adrian
author_facet Lopez Santi, Ricardo
Haseeb, Sohaib
Alexander, Bryce
D′Ovidio, Adrian
Gimenez, Sergio
Secotaro, Carlos
Martinez Demaria, Diego
Pupi, Luis Maria
Costantini, Sonia
Piskorz, Daniel
Amarilla, Alejandro
Lorenzatti, Alberto
Gutierrez, Narcisa
Hopman, Wilma
Baranchuk, Adrian
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description Despite epidemiological findings of improvements in cardiovascular risk factors with a light-to-moderate intake of alcohol, many misconceptions remain regarding alcohol intake and the risks and benefits of consumption. We sought to examine physician attitudes and recommendations regarding alcohol intake in a cohort of Argentine physicians and to establish their sources of knowledge. An online national survey was distributed through the Argentine Federation of Cardiology (FAC) to cardiologists, internal medicine specialists, general and other subspecialty physicians in Argentina. The survey was completed by 745 physicians, of whom 671 (90%) were cardiologists. In total, 35% of physicians viewed moderate alcohol intake to be beneficial for cardiovascular health, 36% believed only wine offered such benefits, 24% viewed any intake to be harmful, and 5% had other opinions. More than half (57%) self-reported their knowledge came from academic sources. Regarding knowledge of drinking guidelines, only 41% of physicians were aware of the concept of “standard drink”. Physicians were generally not comfortable converting standard drinks into other metric units, however men tended to be more comfortable than women (p = 0.052). Physicians were not satisfied with their knowledge of drinking guidelines (3.01 ± 2.73, on a 0–10 scale). Physicians were generally comfortable in counselling patients regarding safe limits of consumption (6.22 ± 3.20, on a 0–10 scale). Argentine physicians were not satisfied with their knowledge of alcohol consumption guidelines or their understanding of the reported metrics. Only one-third of study participants viewed moderate alcohol intake as beneficial for cardiovascular health. This study shows the necessity to optimize the sources of knowledge.
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spelling pubmed-61652402018-10-11 Attitudes and Recommendations of Physicians towards Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Health: A Perspective from Argentina Lopez Santi, Ricardo Haseeb, Sohaib Alexander, Bryce D′Ovidio, Adrian Gimenez, Sergio Secotaro, Carlos Martinez Demaria, Diego Pupi, Luis Maria Costantini, Sonia Piskorz, Daniel Amarilla, Alejandro Lorenzatti, Alberto Gutierrez, Narcisa Hopman, Wilma Baranchuk, Adrian Diseases Article Despite epidemiological findings of improvements in cardiovascular risk factors with a light-to-moderate intake of alcohol, many misconceptions remain regarding alcohol intake and the risks and benefits of consumption. We sought to examine physician attitudes and recommendations regarding alcohol intake in a cohort of Argentine physicians and to establish their sources of knowledge. An online national survey was distributed through the Argentine Federation of Cardiology (FAC) to cardiologists, internal medicine specialists, general and other subspecialty physicians in Argentina. The survey was completed by 745 physicians, of whom 671 (90%) were cardiologists. In total, 35% of physicians viewed moderate alcohol intake to be beneficial for cardiovascular health, 36% believed only wine offered such benefits, 24% viewed any intake to be harmful, and 5% had other opinions. More than half (57%) self-reported their knowledge came from academic sources. Regarding knowledge of drinking guidelines, only 41% of physicians were aware of the concept of “standard drink”. Physicians were generally not comfortable converting standard drinks into other metric units, however men tended to be more comfortable than women (p = 0.052). Physicians were not satisfied with their knowledge of drinking guidelines (3.01 ± 2.73, on a 0–10 scale). Physicians were generally comfortable in counselling patients regarding safe limits of consumption (6.22 ± 3.20, on a 0–10 scale). Argentine physicians were not satisfied with their knowledge of alcohol consumption guidelines or their understanding of the reported metrics. Only one-third of study participants viewed moderate alcohol intake as beneficial for cardiovascular health. This study shows the necessity to optimize the sources of knowledge. MDPI 2018-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6165240/ /pubmed/30200449 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases6030077 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Haseeb, Sohaib
Alexander, Bryce
D′Ovidio, Adrian
Gimenez, Sergio
Secotaro, Carlos
Martinez Demaria, Diego
Pupi, Luis Maria
Costantini, Sonia
Piskorz, Daniel
Amarilla, Alejandro
Lorenzatti, Alberto
Gutierrez, Narcisa
Hopman, Wilma
Baranchuk, Adrian
Attitudes and Recommendations of Physicians towards Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Health: A Perspective from Argentina
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30200449
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases6030077
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