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Treatment of alcohol use disorders in the elderly
— an overview of RCTs | | Author(s) | Rob M Kok |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 26, no 11, November 2014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, November 2014 |
| Pages | pp 1767-1770 |
| Source | www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | 65-69 age group ; Alcoholism ; Diagnosis ; Therapeutics ; Research ; Clinical surveys. |
| Annotation | This short guest editorial expands on an article in the same issue of this journal (Taylor et al, 2014) which looked at barriers to detecting alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in older adults aged 65 years and above. In the present study the author focuses in particular on randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and the extent to which they help in comparing different treatment approaches. The study concludes that there is no evidence base for treating older patients with an AUD any differently from younger adults with the same problem. Age of onset is understudied in RCTs and whether patients with a late onset of AUDs have a different prognosis and need different treatment is unknown. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150619242 A |
| Classmark | BBE: ETA: LK7: LL: 3A: 3G |
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