Factors Associated with Alcohol Use and its Consequences

Autor: Mitchell P. LaPlante, Taewoon Kang, Charlene Harrington, Marshall D Alameida
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Addictions Nursing. 21:194-206
ISSN: 1088-4602
DOI: 10.3109/10884602.2010.515692
Popis: The aim of this study was to examine the self-reported experiences of an adult population living in the community, as they relate to alcohol use and potential negative outcomes (emotional/physical problems, role function problems, drinking and driving, risk behaviors, and alcohol abuse/dependence). Analyses focused on 37,026 individuals that are weighted to the population of 212,686,651 drawn from a large representative cross-sectional survey of the US. population—the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and health (NSDUH). Alcohol use of 1–9 drinks in the past month showed a significant increase in the odds ratios for most of the study outcomes compared to those who did not drink alcohol. As alcohol use increased, the odds ratios for all of the study outcomes linearly increased. Mental health symptoms and illicit drug use in the past year also significantly increased the odds ratios for all of the study outcomes. Hispanic and other race reflected an increased odds ratio for alcohol caused role function probl...
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