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Alcohol Consumption Decisions Among Nonabusing Drinkers Diagnosed with Hepatitis C

An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study

Eleanor Palo Stoller

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, estoller{at}triad.rr.com

Noah J. Webster

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Carol E. Blixen

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Richard A. McCormick

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Andrew J. Hund

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Adam T. Perzynski

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Stephanie W. Kanuch

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Charles L. Thomas

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Kyle Kercher

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Neal V. Dawson

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Most studies of decisions to curtail alcohol consumption reflect experiences of abusing drinkers. An exploratory sequential research design is used 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. Qualitative data were triangulated by supplementing semistructured 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 postdiagnosis drinking to occasional triggers, whereas patients who were still drinking were more likely to endorse rationales not tied to specific triggers.

Key Words: alcohol consumption • drinking decisions • nonabusing drinkers • hepatitis C • mixed methods

Journal of Mixed Methods Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, 65-86 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1558689808326119
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