The prevalence of alcoholism and its relation to cause of hospitalization and long‐term mortality in male somatic inpatients

Abstract

Alcoholism was found in every fourth male somatic inpatient, and an alcohol-related disorder was the cause of hospitalization in one-third of these men. The long-term prognosis did not differ from that in non-alcoholic patients. In the treatment of alcoholics with somatic disorders, it is important to take measures against alcoholism as well.

Alcohol Use Disorders in French University Hospital Patients

“…Nielsen et al [7] defined patients with alcohol problems using the MAST and found 28.6% of inpatients having alcohol problems. Other authors screened inpatients of European hospitals with the MAST or the CAGE questionnaire and reported an average figure of 20-25% [5,21,22]. Thus, the present study seems to confirm the high prevalence of patients with alcohol problems found in recent American studies [23,24].…”

“…Several studies published in the international literature showed between 4 and 70% of the patients considered as alcohol misusers or dependent, but the definition of alcohol misuse varied highly [5][6][7][8]. Previous studies in France have reported prevalence results of alcoholism in populations of general or university hospitals [9][10][11][12] and have found a prevalence of alcohol misusers varying between 13 [11] and 30% [10].…”

Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase polymorphism is not associated with incidence of Alzheimer's disease

“…Both alcoholism and AD have been associated with institutionalization and mortality (Wallerstedt et al, 1995;Jagger et al, 2000), which could confuse the association between the ALDH2*2 and AD. To clarify this issue, we have subsequently followed our study cohort over a 2.4-year period and further investigated the longitudinal association between the ALDH2*2 allele and incidence of AD.…”

Longitudinal trends in hospital admissions with co-occurring alcohol/drug diagnoses, 1994–2002

“…sample sizes (b500 subjects; Baldwin et al, 1993;Lange & Schacter, 1989;Marik & Mohedin, 1996;Stein, 1994;Wallerstedt, Denison, Sandstrom, & Westin, 1995) and crosssectional data of short duration (from days to months; John, Rumpf, & Hapke, 1999;Lange & Schacter, 1989;Marik & Mohedin, 1996;Orford, Somers, Daniels, & Kirby, 1992;Taylor, Kilbane, Passmore, & Davies, 1986), limited mostly to alcohol consumption and not illicit drug use and usually derived from only one clinical department (medicine or psychiatry).…”