Reducing Alcohol Use Before and After Surgery: Qualitative Study of Two Treatment Approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-risk alcohol use is a common preventable risk factor for postoperative complications, admission to intensive care, and longer hospital stays. Short-term abstinence from alcohol use (2 to 4 weeks) prior to surgery is linked to a lower likelihood of postoperative complications.

Objective

The study aimed to explore the acceptability and feasibility of 2 brief counseling approaches to reduce alcohol use in elective surgical patients with high-risk alcohol use in the perioperative period.

Methods

A semistructured interview study was conducted with a group of "high responders" (who reduced alcohol use ≥50% postbaseline) and "low responders" (who reduced alcohol use by ≤25% postbaseline) after their completion of a pilot trial to explore the acceptability and

SUBMITTER: Chapman L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10413235 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature