Feasibility of detection and intervention for alcohol-related liver disease in the community: the Alcohol and Liver Disease Detection study (ALDDeS)
Feasibility of detection and intervention for alcohol-related liver disease in the community: the Alcohol and Liver Disease Detection study (ALDDeS)
Background
In the past 15 years mortality rates from liver disease have doubled in the UK. Brief alcohol advice is cost effective, but clinically meaningful reductions in alcohol consumption only occur in around 1 in 10 individuals.
Aim
To provide evidence that detecting early liver disease in the community is feasible, practical, and that feedback of liver risk can increase the proportion of subjects reducing alcohol consumption.
Design and setting
A community feasibility study in nine general practice sites in Hampshire.
Method
Hazardous and harmful drinkers were identified by WHO AUDIT questionnaire and offered screening for liver fibrosis.
Results
In total, 4630 individuals responded, of whom 1128 (24%) hazardous or harmful drinkers were offered a liver fibrosis check using the Southampton Traffic Light (STL) test; 393 (38%) attended and test results were returned by post. The STL has a low threshold for liver fibrosis with 45 (11%) red, 157 (40%) amber, and 191 (49%) green results. Follow-up AUDIT data was obtained for 303/393 (77%) and 76/153 (50%) subjects with evidence of liver damage reduced drinking by at least one AUDIT category (harmful to hazardous, or hazardous to low risk) compared with 52/150 (35%, P<0.011) subjects without this evidence; in the subset of harmful drinkers patterns (AUDIT >15), 22/34 (65%) of STL positives, reduced drinking compared with 10/29 (35%, P<0.017) STL negatives.
Conclusion
Detection of liver disease in the community is feasible, and feedback of liver risk may reduce harmful drinking.
alcohol, brief intervention, cirrhosis, liver, prevention
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Sheron, Nick
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Moore, Michael
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O'Brien, Wendy
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Harris, Scott
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Roderick, Paul
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October 2013
Sheron, Nick
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Moore, Michael
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O'Brien, Wendy
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Harris, Scott
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Roderick, Paul
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Sheron, Nick, Moore, Michael, O'Brien, Wendy, Harris, Scott and Roderick, Paul
(2013)
Feasibility of detection and intervention for alcohol-related liver disease in the community: the Alcohol and Liver Disease Detection study (ALDDeS).
British Journal of General Practice, 63 (615), .
(doi:10.3399/bjgp13X673711).
Abstract
Background
In the past 15 years mortality rates from liver disease have doubled in the UK. Brief alcohol advice is cost effective, but clinically meaningful reductions in alcohol consumption only occur in around 1 in 10 individuals.
Aim
To provide evidence that detecting early liver disease in the community is feasible, practical, and that feedback of liver risk can increase the proportion of subjects reducing alcohol consumption.
Design and setting
A community feasibility study in nine general practice sites in Hampshire.
Method
Hazardous and harmful drinkers were identified by WHO AUDIT questionnaire and offered screening for liver fibrosis.
Results
In total, 4630 individuals responded, of whom 1128 (24%) hazardous or harmful drinkers were offered a liver fibrosis check using the Southampton Traffic Light (STL) test; 393 (38%) attended and test results were returned by post. The STL has a low threshold for liver fibrosis with 45 (11%) red, 157 (40%) amber, and 191 (49%) green results. Follow-up AUDIT data was obtained for 303/393 (77%) and 76/153 (50%) subjects with evidence of liver damage reduced drinking by at least one AUDIT category (harmful to hazardous, or hazardous to low risk) compared with 52/150 (35%, P<0.011) subjects without this evidence; in the subset of harmful drinkers patterns (AUDIT >15), 22/34 (65%) of STL positives, reduced drinking compared with 10/29 (35%, P<0.017) STL negatives.
Conclusion
Detection of liver disease in the community is feasible, and feedback of liver risk may reduce harmful drinking.
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Published date: October 2013
Keywords:
alcohol, brief intervention, cirrhosis, liver, prevention
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Primary Care & Population Sciences, Clinical & Experimental Sciences
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Local EPrints ID: 345995
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/345995
ISSN: 0960-1643
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