Factors Associated With Motivation to Reduce Alcohol Use Among Patients With Chronic Liver Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Alcohol use is prevalent among hepatology clinic patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). We explored factors associated with the importance and confidence dimensions of motivation to reduce drinking.

Methods

Participants (N = 121) with unhealthy alcohol use (i.e., over NIH guidelines) receiving care in hepatology clinics from a safety-net hospital (SN, N = 54) and two Veterans Affairs Healthcare Systems (VA, N = 67) were enrolled in an alcohol intervention trial from March 2022 through October 2023. Baseline assessments included Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), COVID-19 stress; and measures of importance and confidence to decrease alcohol use (readiness rulers

SUBMITTER: Satre DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11710982 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature