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The Alcohol Relapse Risk Assessment: A Scoring System to Predict the Risk of Relapse to Any Alcohol Use after Liver Transplant

2013; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 23; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7182/pit2013604

2164-6708

James R. Rodrigue, Douglas W. Hanto, Michael P. Curry,

Liver Disease and Transplantation

Alcohol relapse after liver transplant heightens concern about recurrent disease, nonadherence to the immunosuppression regimen, and death.To develop a scoring system to stratify risk of alcohol relapse after liver transplant.Retrospective medical record review.All adult liver transplants performed from May 2002 to February 2011 at a single center in the United States.The incidence of return to any alcohol consumption after liver transplant.Thirty-four percent (40/118) of patients with a history of alcohol abuse/dependency relapsed to use of any alcohol after liver transplant. Nine of 25 hypothesized risk factors were predictive of alcohol relapse after liver transplant: absence of hepatocellular carcinoma, tobacco dependence, continued alcohol use after liver disease diagnosis, low motivation for alcohol treatment, poor stress management skills, no rehabilitation relationship, limited social support, lack of nonmedical behavioral consequences, and continued engagement in social activities with alcohol present. Each independent predictor was assigned an Alcohol Relapse Risk Assessment (ARRA) risk value of 1 point, and patients were classified into 1 of 4 groups by ARRA score: ARRA I = 0, ARRA II = 1 to 3, ARRA III = 4 to 6, and ARRA IV = 7 to 9. Patients in the 2 higher ARRA classifications had significantly higher rates of alcohol relapse and were more likely to return to pretransplant levels of drinking.Alcohol relapse rates are moderately high after liver transplant. The ARRA is a valid and practical tool for identifying pretransplant patients with alcohol abuse or dependency at elevated risk of any alcohol use after liver transplant.