The relationship of tobacco and alcohol use with ageing self-perceptions in older people in Ireland
| Autor: | Karen Morgan, Amanda Villiers-Tuthill, Hannah McGee, Antoinette Copley |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Gerontology
Male medicine.medical_specialty Longitudinal study Aging Alcohol Drinking Health Services for the Aged Ageing perceptions Health Behavior 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health behaviours Intervention (counseling) Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Longitudinal Studies Aged 030505 public health business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public health Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Middle Aged Self Concept Health psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Ageing Relative risk Female Biostatistics Older people 0305 other medical science business Alcohol Ireland Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health BMC Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-016-3158-y |
| Popis: | Background Health behaviour patterns in older groups, including tobacco and alcohol use, are key factors in chronic disease prevention. We explore ageing self-perceptions as motivating factors behind smoking and drinking alcohol in older adults, and the complex reasons why individuals engage harmfully in these behaviours. Methods Cigarette and alcohol use was assessed in a large cross-sectional national sample aged 50 years and above from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) (n = 6,576). The Brief Ageing Perceptions Questionnaire (BAPQ) assessed individual’s views of their own ageing across five domains. Study hypothesis that stronger beliefs on each of the BAPQ domains would be related to drinking and smoking was examined using multinomial logit models (MNLM). Regression parameter estimates for all variables were estimated relative risk ratios (RRR). Results More women were non-drinkers (30 % vs. 20 %) and men displayed significantly higher alcohol use patterns. One in five older Irish adults was a current smoker (16.8 % of women, 17 % of men), and smoking and harmful drinking were strongly associated (P |
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