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- Responses to letters to the Annals of Family Medicine re alcohol and sleep paperShow More
We agree with Dr. Muench. The lack of an association between hazardous and/or harmful drinking and sleep problems was not what we expected to find. Extensive further analyses found only small associations, and only between the frequency of drinking and overall sleep quality, initial insomnia, and late insomnia; and between the AUDIT-C sum with late insomnia (see Table below). These few weak associations found in bivariate anal...
Competing Interests: None declared. - The effects of alcohol on sleep.Show More
In their important cross-sectional study of primary care adult patients, Vinson et al. have carefully addressed a significant clinical and public health issue: the relationship between alcohol consumption and sleep problems.[1] Although this association in patients with alcohol dependence is well documented, the effect of alcohol on sleep in adults without alcohol use disorders is less clear.[2] While Vinson et al. foun...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Alcohol use near bedtimeShow More
The excellent article of Vinson and colleagues [1] examining the cross-sectional association of alcohol use and patient- reported sleep in a large primary care patient population found little indication that moderate to “hazardous” alcohol consumption was related to sleep pathology. I would like to comment on one potentially clinically-important aspect of alcohol use patterns that the Vinson et al. study [1] (and previo...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Alcohol and Insomnia - More Definition NeededShow More
It’s clear that screening and brief intervention for alcohol misuse is both important and an effective means to help our patients live healthier lives.(1) It is also clear that it is one of the USPSTF advocated preventive practices that is most infrequently used by physicians.(2) Given the morbidity, mortality, and cost of alcohol abuse in this country, it is imperative that we better understand physician reluctance to...
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