Alcohol consumption in early middle-aged Australian women and access to primary healthcare services: A cross-sectional study.

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Australian Journal of General Practice Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI:10.31128/AJGP-01-24-7106

Suzannah Bownes, Alexa Seal, Catherine Harding

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Abstract

Background and objectives: This study describes the prevalence of risky alcohol consumption in Australian women aged 40-45 years. It explores the relationship between demographic factors and access to and usage of primary healthcare services.

Method: Data were obtained from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, Survey 8 (1973-78 cohort). Descriptive statistics and univariate logistic regression were used to assess associations of specific factors with risky alcohol consumption.

Results: Eleven per cent of respondents reported drinking >10 standard drinks per week. These 'risky alcohol drinkers' attend general practice as frequently as low-risk drinkers despite perceived poorer health. They reported 'rarely or never' seeing the same general practitioner (GP) and described themselves as having 'poor' access to a GP that bulk bills.

Discussion: This study provides unique insight into the primary healthcare attendance patterns and health status of early middle-aged Australian women who are 'risky alcohol drinkers'. They do not consistently see the same GP, which might present challenges in identifying them in primary care.

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澳大利亚中年早期妇女的饮酒量与获得初级保健服务的机会：一项横断面研究。

背景和目的：本研究描述了澳大利亚 40-45 岁女性的危险饮酒率。研究还探讨了人口因素与获得和使用初级医疗保健服务之间的关系：数据来自澳大利亚妇女健康纵向研究调查 8（1973-78 年队列）。采用描述性统计和单变量逻辑回归评估特定因素与危险饮酒的关系：11%的受访者称每周饮酒量超过 10 标准杯。这些 "高风险饮酒者 "与低风险饮酒者一样经常看全科医生，尽管他们认为自己的健康状况较差。他们报告称 "很少或从未 "看同一位全科医生（GP），并自称 "很难 "获得全科医生的批量账单：本研究为了解澳大利亚中年早期 "高风险饮酒者 "的初级保健就诊模式和健康状况提供了独特的视角。她们并不总是去看同一位全科医生，这可能会给在初级保健中识别她们带来挑战。

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Australian Journal of General Practice Medicine-Family Practice

CiteScore

2.80

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4.50%

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284

期刊介绍： The Australian Journal of General Practice (AJGP) aims to provide relevant, evidence-based, clearly articulated information to Australian general practitioners (GPs) to assist them in providing the highest quality patient care, applicable to the varied geographic and social contexts in which GPs work and to all GP roles as clinician, researcher, educator, practice team member and opinion leader. All articles are subject to peer review before they are accepted for publication.