Attitudes and Beliefs towards Patients with Hazardous Alcohol Use: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Study characteristics.

First author; (country, year)	Study design	Participants
		Sample	Gender (% F, M)	Response rate (%)
D’Onofrio; (USA, 2002)	Nonrandomized controlled trial	𝑁=36; Physicians^‡: 100%	28% F, 72% M	100
Indig; (Australia, 2009)	Cross-sectional survey	𝑁=78; Nurses: 54%; physicians: 46%	Physicians: 44% F, 56% M; Nurses: 80% F, 20% M	30
O’Rourke; (USA, 2006)	Cross-sectional survey	𝑁=598; Staff physicians: 66%; residents^‡: 34%	32% F, 68% M	17
Huntley^§ (UK, 2004)	Cross-sectional survey	𝑁=127; Physicians: 100%	NS	100
Chung; (China, 2003)	Cross-sectional survey	𝑁=190; Nurses: 100%	84% F, 16% M	32
Anderson; (Scotland, 2001)	Cross-sectional survey	𝑁=96; Physicians: 36%; nurses: 63%	Physicians: 9% F, 91% M; Nurses: 83% F, 17% M	57
Graham; (USA, 2000)	Cross-sectional survey	𝑁=257; Physicians: 100%	19% F, 81% M	46
Waller; (UK, 1998)	Cross-sectional survey	𝑁=367; Physicians: 46%; nurses: 54%	Physicians: 15% F, 85% M; Nurses: 78% F, 22% M	82
Karlsson; (Sweden, 2005)	Mixed method	Interview, 𝑁=9; questionnaire, N = 72; Nurses: 100%	NS	75
Nordqvist; (Sweden, 2005)	Qualitative	𝑁=6; Physicians: 100%	34% F, 66% M	100

^‡Medical residents; NS: not specified; ^§Huntley also reported qualitative results from a separate study; M: male; F: female.