Alcohol Consumption Decisions among Nonabusing Drinkers Diagnosed with Hepatitis C: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study.
Most studies of decisions to curtail alcohol consumption reflect experiences of abusing drinkers. We employ an exploratory sequential research design to explore the applicability of this research to the experience of nonabusing drinkers advised to curtail alcohol consumption after a Hepatitis C diagnosis. A qualitative component identified 17 new decision factors not reflected in an inventory of factors based on synthesis of existing scales. We triangulated qualitative data by supplementing semi-structured interviews with Internet postings. A quantitative component estimated prevalence and association with current drinking of these new decision factors. Patients who quit drinking tended to attribute post-diagnosis drinking to occasional triggers, whereas patients who were still drinking were more likely to endorse rationales not tied to specific triggers.
Stoller
Eleanor Palo
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Dept. of Sociology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106.
Webster
Noah J
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Blixen
Carol E
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McCormick
Richard A
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Hund
Andrew J
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Perzynski
Adam T
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Kanuch
Stephanie W
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Thomas
Charles L
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Kercher
Kyle
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Dawson
Neal V
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