Knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices of primary health care professionals towards alcohol use: A national, cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Primary care (PC) professionals' knowledge about alcohol use has been identified as one of the barriers PC providers face in their clinic. Both PC professionals' level of training and attitude are crucial in the clinical practice regarding alcohol use.

Objective

To evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices of Spanish PC physicians and nurses towards alcohol use.

Design

An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, multi-center study.

Methodology

Location: PC centers of the Spanish National Health System (NHS). Participants: PC physicians and nurses selected randomly from health care centers, and by sending an e-mail to semFYC and SEMERGEN members. Healthcare providers completed an online survey on knowledge, attitude, and follow-

SUBMITTER: Romero-Rodriguez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513087 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature