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This prospective study aimed to describe alcohol habits in patients with chronic
pain compared with those in a matched control group from the general Swedish
population. In total, 100 consecutive patients enrolled were matched against 100
individuals in a control group on the basis of age and sex. Alcohol habits were
measured using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in both groups. The
patients were recruited if they underwent a biopsychosocial pain analysis for
possible participation in pain rehabilitation. The patients with chronic pain
drank alcohol significantly less, less often, in smaller quantities, and became
intoxicated less than the control group did. The study was rather small and at a
single site, but its strengths were the comprehensive and simple design and the
possibility to describe the sample's representativeness compared with other
clinics on the basis of data from a national quality register.

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