Alcohol use recording in adults with depression in English primary care: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate alcohol use recording in people with newly diagnosed depression in English primary care and individual characteristics associated with the recording of alcohol use.

Design

A population-based cross-sectional study.

Setting

Primary care data from English practices contributing to the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Participants

We included adults (18+ years) diagnosed with depression between 1 January 2011 and 1 January 2017 without previous antidepressant use and at least 1 year of registration before diagnosis.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We described the proportion of individuals with alcohol use and level of alcohol use recorded at four time points (the date of depression diagnosis, 3 months before or after

SUBMITTER: Adesanya E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8785169 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature