Table 2.
Provider Attitudes and Practices for Alcohol Screening, Treatment and Education in Patients with Liver Disease (n = 420)
| Provider question | Data |
|---|---|
| How often do you ask about alcohol use to a new patient with liver disease? | |
| Never/rarely | 0 |
| Sometimes | 3 (0.7%) |
| Usually | 21 (5.0%) |
| Always | 396 (94.3%) |
| How often you ask about frequency of alcohol use? | |
| Never/rarely | 1 (0.2%) |
| Sometimes | 3 (0.7%) |
| Usually | 32 (7.6%) |
| Always | 384 (92.4%) |
| How often do you ask about quantity of alcohol use? | |
| Never/rarely | 2 (0.5%) |
| Sometimes | 15 (3.6%) |
| Usually | 62 (14.8%) |
| Always | 341 (81.2%) |
| How often do you use a brief screening tool in a new patient with liver disease?* | |
| Never/rarely | 198 (47.1%) |
| Sometimes | 129 (30.7%) |
| Usually | 56 (14.8%) |
| Always | 37 (8.8%) |
| How often do you monitor alcohol use with biomarkers? | |
| Never/rarely | 121 (28.8%) |
| Sometimes | 131 (31.2%) |
| Usually | 113 (26.9%) |
| Always | 55 (13.1%) |
| How often do you personally prescribe AUD pharmacotherapy? | |
| Never/rarely | 288 (70.6%) |
| Sometimes | 93 (22.8%) |
| Usually | 16 (3.9%) |
| Always | 11 (2.7%) |
| How comfortable are you prescribing AUD pharmacotherapy?+ | |
| Not comfortable | 227 (55.6%) |
| Somewhat comfortable | 115 (28.2%) |
| Comfortable | 42 (10.3%) |
| Very comfortable | 24 (5.9%) |
| What proportion of your AUD patients are taking any AUD pharmacotherapy? (on- or off-label)+ | |
| 0–25 | 353 (86.5%) |
| 26–50 | 42 (10.3%) |
| 51–75 | 9 (2.2%) |
| 76–100 | 4 (1.0%) |
| Provider education in addiction medicine+ | |
| None | 105 (25.7%) |
| <1 month | 209 (51.2%) |
| 1–3 month | 39 (9.6%) |
| >3 month | 20 (4.9%) |
| Other/unknown | 35 (8.6%) |
AUD, alcohol use disorder
*
Such as the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test—Concise, the Single Alcohol Screening Question, or the CAGE questionnaire
+
n = 408