Capturing Russian drinking patterns with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: An exploratory interview study in primary healthcare and narcology centers in Moscow.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite a considerable reduction in alcohol consumption, Russia has one of the highest levels of alcohol-attributable burden of disease worldwide due to heavy episodic drinking patterns. Further improvement of alcohol control measures, including early provision of screening and brief interventions (SBI), is needed. The legislative framework for delivering SBI in Russia was introduced in 2013. As part of the creation and validation of a Russian version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), the present contribution explored challenges in using the AUDIT in Russia to inform a subsequent validation study of the tool.

Methods

Qualitative in-depth expert interviews with patients and healthcare professionals from four primary healthcare and narcology

SUBMITTER: Neufeld M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9648709 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature