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The Alcohol-Related Problems Survey — identifying hazardous and harmful drinking in older primary care patients
Author(s)	Arlene Fink, Sally C Morton, John C Beck
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 50, no 10, October 2002
Pages	pp 1717-1722
Keywords	Alcoholism ; Screening ; General practice ; United States of America.
Annotation	The authors have developed the Alcohol-Related Problems Survey (ARPS) as a screening measure to identify older people with these risks. Of 549 current drinkers age 65+ in their sample, 11% were harmful drinkers and 35% were hazardous drinkers. Harmful drinking was more prevalent among men than women, and in those aged under 75 than 75+. Similar proportions of men and women and younger and older age groups were hazardous drinkers. Most harmful drinkers were identified by their use of alcohol with their comorbidity, whereas most hazardous drinkers were identified by their use of alcohol with medications. Test-retest reliability was substantial. The authors urge doctors to screen older people for alcohol-related problems. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-021107203 A
Classmark	ETA: 3V: L5: 7T
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