The role of alcohol in the management of hypertension in patients in European primary health care practices – a survey in the largest European Union countries

BMC Family Practice

Research Article

Antoni Gual¹  Markus Beier²  Bernd Schulte³  Michael Bachmann⁴  Carsten Grimm⁵  Ludwig Kraus⁶  Jakob Manthey⁷  Alessandro Rossi⁸  José Zarco⁹  Jose Angel Arbesu Prieto^1,10  Jürgen Rehm^1,11  Didier Duhot^1,12  Henri-Jean Aubin^1,13  Emanuele Scafato^1,14 

[1] Addictions Unit, Psychiatry Department, Neurosciences Institute, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain;Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain;Red de Trastornos Adictivos (RTA - RETICS), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain;Bavarian GP association (BHÄV), Munich, Germany;Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, Hamburg University, Universitätsklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany;Copentown Healthcare Consultants, Cape Town, South Africa;General Practitioner, Bradford, UK;Royal College of General Practitioners, London, UK;IFT Institut für Therapieforschung, Munich, Germany;Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy & Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies (CELOS), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany;Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, 01187, Dresden, Germany;Italian College of General Practitioners, Florence, Italy;Primary Health Care Center Ibiza, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Madrid, Spain;Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (semFYC), Madrid, Spain;Departamento Medicina Interna, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;Primary Health Care Center La Eria Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain;Primary Care Spanish Society SEMERGEN, Madrid, Spain;Social and Epidemiological Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada;Addiction Policy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Faculty of Medicine, Medical Sciences Building, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy & Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Longitudinal Studies (CELOS), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany;WHO Collaborating Center for Mental Health and Addiction, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada;Société Française de Médecine Générale, Issy les Moulineaux, France;DUMG SMBH Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France;CMS Cornet, Pantin, France;Université Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris-Sud, UVSQ, CESP, INSERM, Villejuif, France;APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Villejuif, France;WHO Collaborating Center for Health Promotion and Research on Alcohol and Alcohol-related Health Problems, Rome, Italy;Population Health Unit, National Observatory on Alcohol, CNESPS, Rome, Italy;Società Italiana di Alcologia (SIA), Italian Society of Alcohology, Bologna, Italy;

关键词: Primary health care;    Blood pressure;    Hypertension;    Hazardous drinking;    Alcohol use disorders;    Disease management;    Screening;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12875-016-0529-5

 received in 2016-03-09, accepted in 2016-09-01,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundEven though addressing lifestyle problems is a major recommendation in most guidelines for the treatment of hypertension (HTN), alcohol problems are not routinely addressed in the management of hypertension in primary health care.MethodsInternet based survey of 3081 primary care physicians, recruited via the mailing lists of associations for general practitioners (GPs) in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Clinical practice, attitudes, knowledge, education and training were assessed. Logistic regression to predict screening, brief intervention and treatment for alcohol dependence in the management of hypertension were assessed.ResultsOverall, about one third of the interviewed GPs reported sufficient screening in cases with HTN (34.0 %, 95 % confidence interval (CI):32.1–35.8 %). One out of five GPs screened and delivered brief interventions in HTN patients with hazardous consumption (22.2 %, 95 % CI: 20.6–23.8 %) and about one in 13 GPs provided treatment for HTN patients with alcohol dependence other than advice or brief intervention (7.8 %, 95 % CI: 6.8–8.9 %). Post-graduate training and belief in their effectiveness predicted interventions. There were marked differences between countries.ConclusionsWhile current interventions were overall low, marked differences between countries indicate that current practices could be improved. Education and post-graduate training seems to be key in improving clinical practice of including interventions for problematic alcohol consumption and alcohol dependence in primary health care.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2016