Alcohol consumption of Australian women: results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Clemens, Susan; Matthews, Sharon; Young, Anne F.; Powers, Jennifer R.

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“…[4][5][6][7][8] Most studies have examined the effect of some of these factors on only one type of unhealthy behavior. 9,[22][23][24][25] Few studies have actually considered health insurance as a potential factor which due to ex-ante moral hazard can also have an effect on individuals' health-related behavior. In addition to using a comprehensive set of factors (ie, socio-economic, health status, and health insurance coverage), we exploit the same set of factors for all behaviors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…20 Few studies have actually investigated the role of health insurance in health-related behaviors and their changes. 21 In addition, previous studies have mostly focused on only one type of unhealthy behavior, 9,[22][23][24][25] while it is helpful to find out whether the effect of variables are consistent across different health-related behaviors. This helps to see to what extent health behaviors can be considered as one concept or behavior-specific actions are needed.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Socio-economic Aspects of Health-Related Behaviors and Their Dynamics: A Case Study for the Netherlands

Rezayatmand¹,

Pavlova²,

Groot³

2015

Int J Health Policy Manag

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Background: Previous studies have mostly focused on socio-demographic and health-related determinants of health-related behaviors. Although comprehensive health insurance coverage could discourage individual lifestyle improvement due to the ex-ante moral hazard problem, few studies have examined such effects. This study examines the association of a comprehensive set of factors including socio-demographic, health status, health insurance, and perceived change in health insurance coverage with health-related behaviors and their dynamics (ie, changes in behavior Conclusion:Our findings show that all above mentioned factors (ie, socio-demographic and health status factors) are associated with health-related behavior but not in a consistent way across all behaviors. Moreover, the dynamics of each behavior (positive or negative change) is not necessarily determined by the same factors that determine the state of that behavior. We also find that better perceived health insurance coverage is associated with a healthier lifestyle which is not compatible with an ex-ante moral hazard interpretation. Our results provide input to target policies towards elderly individuals in need of lifestyle change. However, further research should be done to identify the causal effect of health insurance on health-related behavior. Implications for policy makers • Health-related behavior should not be treated as a uniform concept, each behavior should rather be considered separately. •The dynamics of health-related behavior are not necessarily associated with the same factors that determine the state of that behavior. • A comprehensive understanding of the determinants of health-related behavior is crucial to change individuals' behaviors into a healthier lifestyle.• Ex-ante moral hazard does not seem to undermine healthy behavior. Implications for publicAlthough some studies have found that someone who smokes is more likely also to drink excessively and be physically inactive, in this study, we found that different people engage in different unhealthy behaviors. Additionally, those more likely to desist from such behaviors also vary. Therefore, we recommend that researchers and policy-makers should consider each health behavior separately. Some people have argued that people should pay privately for their healthcare because people will only look after their health if they have to pay when something goes wrong with their health. Our study found that in the Netherlands, this is not the case: people who received more coverage from their health insurer looked after their health more.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-economic Aspects of Health-Related Behaviors and Their Dynamics: A Case Study for the Netherlands

Rezayatmand¹,

Pavlova²,

Groot³

2015

Int J Health Policy Manag

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“…The NLSY79 contains some information on motivation and expectations, allowing us to include variables in our empirical analysis that are often omitted. Measurement error may also be present, because longitudinal alcohol consumption tends to be volatile (Clemens et al, 2007;Harford, 1993;Kerr et al, 2002). Thus, consumption measured for a single 30-day period may be unrepresentative of typical drinking patterns in early adulthood.…”

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Heavy Episodic Drinking in Early Adulthood and Outcomes in Midlife

Sloan¹,

Grossman²,

Platt³

2011

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: This study assessed to what extent drinking patterns of young adults persist into midlife and whether frequent heavy episodic drinking as a young adult is associated with educational attainment, labor market, and health outcomes at midlife. Method: Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we grouped individuals into three baseline drinking categories using data on the number of occasions they consumed six or more drinks on one occasion from the 1982-1984 surveys. Categories were frequent heavy episodic drinker, occasional heavy episodic drinker, and other drinker/abstainer. We used propensity score matching to compare baseline drinking groups on midlife alcohol consumption, educational attainment, and labor market and health outcomes. Results: Frequent heavy episodic drinkers substantially reduced alcohol consumption between baseline and follow-up 25 years later. However, they were much more likely to abuse alcohol and be alcohol dependent in 1994 and be heavy episodic drinkers at the 25-year follow-up compared with the other drinking groups. After matching, there was little indication that being in a higher consumption baseline alcohol group was adversely associated with years of schooling completed by middle age, the probability of being employed, earnings conditional on being employed in midlife, and health problems in midlife. Results on the probability of surviving to follow-up were mixed. Conclusions: Frequent heavy episodic drinking at ages 17-25 years was associated with higher rates of alcohol dependence and abuse at a 10-year follow-up and alcohol consumption 25 years following baseline but not with other study outcomes at midlife. Lack of differences in outcomes at midlife may be because of decreased heavy episodic drinking among the heaviest baseline drinkers. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 72, 459-470, 2011)

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“…Tobacco addiction was classified as 1 = smoker of at least one cigarette per day, and 0 = nonsmokers. Alcohol consumption was classified as nondrinkers (never drank alcohol), occasional drinkers (who hardly ever drank or less than once a week), moderate drinkers (1 to 14 drinks per week) and intense drinkers (over 14 drinks per week) (Clemens, Matthews, Young & Powers, 2007). Due to the low proportion of moderate and intense drinkers (n = 28), they were grouped with the occasional drinkers and data was presented as 0 = does not drink alcohol, and 1 = drinks alcohol.…”

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Distress and its association with self-care in people with type 2 diabetes

Martínez-Vega

Doubova

Pérez‐Cuevas³

2017

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Introduction. Low adherence to diabetes self-care affects glycemic control and increases the risk of diabetes complications and premature deaths. Studies from the United States have found a relationship between distress and adherence to self-care in patients with diabetes; however, there is a lack of research on distress and its association with self-care in Mexican patients with diabetes. Objective. To evaluate the prevalence and association of distress with low self-care in patients with type 2 diabetes. Method. A cross-sectional study was carried out in two family medicine clinics of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Mexico City. Four hundred eighty-nine type 2 diabetic patients ≥ 19 years of age participated. The statistical analysis incorporated a multiple Poisson regression. Results. Of the patients 18.8% had distress, 44.8% had low adherence to medication, 43.8% had low adherence to regular physical exercise, 82.4% did not consume the recommended amount of vegetables and 51.1% consumed foods with high sugar content. The distress was associated with poor adherence to medication and lack of regular physical exercise. Discussion and conclusion. The high prevalence of distress in type 2 diabetic patients in comparison with the general population reveals the importance of distress screening and health care at family practice clinics

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Alcohol consumption of Australian women: results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Cited by 22 publications

References 44 publications

Socio-economic Aspects of Health-Related Behaviors and Their Dynamics: A Case Study for the Netherlands

Socio-economic Aspects of Health-Related Behaviors and Their Dynamics: A Case Study for the Netherlands

Heavy Episodic Drinking in Early Adulthood and Outcomes in Midlife

Distress and its association with self-care in people with type 2 diabetes

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