Is the population level link between drinking and harm similar for women and men?--a time series analysis with focus on gender-specific drinking and alcohol-related hospitalizations in Sweden

Engdahl, Barbro; Ramstedt, Mats

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckq096

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“…According to previous research, an increase in the number of weekly alcohol consumers also suggests an increase in the number of risk consumers (Engdahl & Ramstedt, 2010). In Sweden, there are signs of increasing alcohol-related problems among old people.…”

Section: Summary Of Results and Study Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 89%

Increased alcohol use over the past 20 years among the oldest old in Sweden

Kelfve

Agahi

Darin‐Mattsson

et al. 2014

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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AIMS-Increased alcohol consumption among old people, reported in many countries, will likely present a major challenge to public health and policy in the future. In Sweden, current knowledge about old people's alcohol consumption is incomplete because of limited historical data and a dearth of nationally representative studies. We describe the frequency of alcohol consumption among the oldest old in Sweden over a 20-year period by sex, age, education, living situation, mobility and Activities of Daily Living. METHODS-We used repeated cross-sectional survey data from the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (SWEOLD), conducted in 1992, 2002 and 2011. The samples were nationally representative of the Swedish population aged 77+, with response rates of 95.4%, 84.4% and 86.2% (total n=2007). Self-reported consumption frequency was measured with the question "How often do you drink alcoholic beverages, such as wine, beer or spirits?" RESULTS-Frequency of alcohol consumption increased among the oldest old from 1992 to 2011. The proportion reporting no or less-than-monthly alcohol consumption decreased, whereas the proportion reporting weekly consumption increased. This was true for men, women and most age and educational groups. The period change in consumption frequency was not explained by changes in demographic factors, living situation or functional capacity during the study period. CONCLUSIONS-Alcohol use increased among the oldest old in Sweden during the 20-year study period. More liberal attitudes toward alcohol could contribute to the increased use. The increase in weekly alcohol consumers suggests an increase in the number of older risk consumers. KEYWORDS-alcohol consumption, trends in consumption frequency, the oldest old, socio-demographic groups, nationally representative sample.

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Section: Summary Of Results and Study Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 89%

Increased alcohol use over the past 20 years among the oldest old in Sweden

Kelfve

Agahi

Darin‐Mattsson

et al. 2014

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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“…This general increase in weekly alcohol consumption may suggest that risky heavy drinking is also likely to increase (Engdahl and Ramstedt, 2011;Flensborg-Madsen et al, 2007), although there are indications that when consumption frequency increases the usual amount of alcohol consumed is reduced (Brunborg and Osthus, 2015). Findings from Sweden indicate that alcohol-related health problems among people over the age of 60 are increasing -both alcohol-related deaths (Hallgren et al, 2010) and alcohol-related hospitalizations.…”

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confidence: 99%

Alcohol consumption in very old age and its association with survival: A matter of health and physical function

Agahi

Kelfve

Lennartsson

et al. 2016

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Alcohol consumption in very old age and its association with survival: a matter of health and physical function. Dependence, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. drugalcdep.2015.12.022 Access to the published version may require subscription. N.B. When citing this work, cite the original published paper. Results: Compared to light-to-moderate drinkers, abstainers had lower levels of education and more functional health problems, while heavy drinkers were more often men, had higher levels of education, and no serious health or functional problems. In models adjusted only for age and sex, abstainers died earlier than drinkers. Among light-to-moderate drinkers, each additional drink/month was associated with longer survival, while among heavy drinkers, each additional drink/month was associated with shorter survival. However, after adjusting for personal and health-related factors, estimates were lower and no longer statistically significant. Conclusions: The association between alcohol consumption and survival in very old age seems to have an inverse J-shape; abstention and heavy use is associated with shorter survival compared to light-tomoderate drinking. To a large extent, differences in survival are due to differences in baseline health and physical function. Drug And Alcohol

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“…Numerous studies have also show that many different forms of alcoholrelated harm tend to rise as per capita consumption increase [54,55,56,57,142]. Prevalence of AUD in the U.S. population by sex and age, divided into the categories of AD and alcohol abuse based on NESARC data, showed consistent and expected patterns.…”

Section: Socioeconomics Impacts Of Use Of Alcoholmentioning

confidence: 78%