Treatment Rates For Alcohol Use Disorders: A Systematic Review And Meta‐Analysis

A systematic review and meta‐analysis were performed to calculate the treatment rate for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) in the general adult population. Researchers carried out searches of PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL databases to distinguish studies that reported treatment rates for alcohol use disorders in the general population. They calculated the separate treatment rates for each diagnostic category as reported in the primary studies: AUD as a single disorder, alcohol abuse, and alcohol dependence. Researchers used 32 articles to calculate treatment rates (percentage treated among the total number of people with AUDs). The pooled estimate of people with AUDs who received any treatment were 14.3% for alcohol abuse, 16.5% for alcohol dependence and 17.3% for AUD. The data exhibited that approximately one in six people with AUDs gets treatment. For AUDs, treatment rates are largely low; rates in low and lower‐middle‐income countries are even lower (9.3%).

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