Unveiling stages of change among medical inpatients with an increased-risk alcohol consumption-a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Alcohol-related harm occurs at lower levels than previously recognized, warranting a need to identify mediators to reduce alcohol-associated risk in increased-risk drinkers. Stages of change (SOC) have been used to assess motivation for health behaviour alteration. The primary aim was to explore distribution on SOC among medical inpatients when comparing low-risk, increased-risk, and high-risk consumers as defined by Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C). Our secondary aim was to assess the distribution of SOC when consumption was stratified with a biomarker of alcohol use-phospatidylethanol 16:0/18:1.

Methods

Cross-sectional study with three participating hospitals. Recruiting consecutive medical inpatients ≥18 years with regular alcohol consum

SUBMITTER: Seferowicz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12640199 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature