Abstract
Alcohol-related disorders, estimated to be more prevalent in the South, are associated with serious comorbid disorders, such as depression and suicide. In a rural outreach program, the authors examined patients with a diagnosis of alcoholism and compared them with nonalcoholic patients on various demographic and descriptive variables. Of 166 patients referred to the program, 35 (21.1%) had an alcohol-related disorder. Alcoholism was significantly associated with male gender and younger age, but nearly half of the alcoholic subjects were women. Alcoholism is associated with inappropriate health care utilization; alcohol-related disorders produced significantly more emergency room visits and somewhat more hospital admission; these patients were less likely to have a primary care physician. No patient was receiving treatment for alcoholism.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 221-228 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Geriatrics and Gerontology
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A descriptive study of elderly community-dwelling alcoholic patients in the rural South. / Holroyd, Suzanne; Currie, Lillian; Thompson-Heisterman, Anita; Abraham, Ivo L.
In: American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Vol. 5, No. 3, 1997, p. 221-228.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Holroyd, Suzanne
AU - Currie, Lillian
AU - Thompson-Heisterman, Anita
AU - Abraham, Ivo L
PY - 1997
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N2 - Alcohol-related disorders, estimated to be more prevalent in the South, are associated with serious comorbid disorders, such as depression and suicide. In a rural outreach program, the authors examined patients with a diagnosis of alcoholism and compared them with nonalcoholic patients on various demographic and descriptive variables. Of 166 patients referred to the program, 35 (21.1%) had an alcohol-related disorder. Alcoholism was significantly associated with male gender and younger age, but nearly half of the alcoholic subjects were women. Alcoholism is associated with inappropriate health care utilization; alcohol-related disorders produced significantly more emergency room visits and somewhat more hospital admission; these patients were less likely to have a primary care physician. No patient was receiving treatment for alcoholism.
AB - Alcohol-related disorders, estimated to be more prevalent in the South, are associated with serious comorbid disorders, such as depression and suicide. In a rural outreach program, the authors examined patients with a diagnosis of alcoholism and compared them with nonalcoholic patients on various demographic and descriptive variables. Of 166 patients referred to the program, 35 (21.1%) had an alcohol-related disorder. Alcoholism was significantly associated with male gender and younger age, but nearly half of the alcoholic subjects were women. Alcoholism is associated with inappropriate health care utilization; alcohol-related disorders produced significantly more emergency room visits and somewhat more hospital admission; these patients were less likely to have a primary care physician. No patient was receiving treatment for alcoholism.
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