فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

CONTEXT: Harmful use of alcohol has led to 1.7 million deaths from noncommunicable diseasesand 1 million injury deaths including road traffic accidents, self‑harm, and interpersonal violence. Theopportunistic screening can be used to screen for substance abuse in outpatient department (OPD)attendees of primary health‑care (PHC) settings in India.AIMS: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of willingness to quit alcohol useamong alcohol users and factors associated with it.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A facility‑based cross‑sectional study was conducted in urban PHCsand willingness to quit alcohol was assessed among the alcohol users. Alcohol Use DisorderIdentification Test (AUDIT) scale was used to assess the alcohol use disorder score. Data wereentered using Epidata version 3.1 and analyzed using STATA version 14.RESULTS: It is found that two‑third of the male OPD patients are using alcohol and 59% of thealcohol users were willing to quit alcohol. Education (adjusted prevalence rate ratio [aPR] = 1.9;95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.2–2.9), occupation (aPR = 1.4; 95% CI: 1.1–1.8), higher AUDITscores (aPR = 2.7; 95% CI: 2.2–3.5), frequency of alcohol use (aPR = 1.6; 95% CI: 1.2–2.0), andpositive family history of alcohol‑related illness times (aPR = 1.6; 95% CI: 1.3–2.0) were significantlyassociated with willingness to quit alcohol.CONCLUSION: Two‑third of the male OPD patients are using alcohol and 59% of the alcohol userswere willing to quit alcohol. Education, occupation, higher AUDIT scores, frequency of alcohol use,and positive family history of alcohol‑related illness were significantly associated with willingnessto quit alcohol.