Guiding Principals For Eligibility Criteria On Alcoholic Liver Injury In Rehabilitation Centres: A Qualitative Study In Kenya

Abstract

AIM: United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with its 193 member states aimed to achieve reduced harmful alcohol use by year 2030. Among the key focal points were to develop alcohol care teams whose interest is to reduce acute admissions to hospitals that relate to alcohol, reduce mortality and improve on quality alcohol care. It is agreed that clinician's multidisciplinary teams should be included to integrate alcohol related treatments across all primary, secondary and tertiary health institutions. The team should formulate and coordinate alcohol related policies in their countries. METHODS: During the in-depth interview, the voices of the participants were recorded using tape recorders. The recorded voices from indepth interviews were transcribed into verbatim using NVivo 12 software. The transcriptions were first read for familiarization and check for accuracy of the collected data. The qualitative data was grouped into different thematic, coding and indexing of similar statements was done. Emerging themes were analyzed and common statements included in the conclusion.