The effect of alcohol consumption on clinical outcomes in regional patients with chronic disease: a retrospective chart audit.
CONCLUSION: Higher-risk alcohol consumption is associated with reduced attainment of chronic disease management targets and worse chronic disease outcomes. Implications for public health: Alcohol consumption should be assessed frequently in people with chronic disease, especially when there is difficulty acquiring management targets or worsening of disease outcomes without a clear explanation. Better education about the potential associations between alcohol use and chronic disease would benefit those managing these complex conditions, both clinicians and patients.
PMID: 33044774 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mudd J, Larkins S, Watt K Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
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