scholarly journals Characterization of alcohol consumption patterns among older adults in Ireland

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
V Guzman ◽  
C T McEvoy ◽  
J McHugh-Power ◽  
R A Kenny ◽  
J Feeney
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Targeted Screening ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol Consumption

Abstract Background Identifying the factors associated with hazardous drinking patterns and problem drinking is imperative to develop appropriate intervention strategies for alcohol harm reduction among the older population. The aim of this study was 1) To explore the patterns of alcohol consumption among older adults in the Republic of Ireland, and 2) To establish possible predictors of hazardous and problem drinking in this population. Methods A cross-sectional analysis was carried out on samples of individuals aged >50 years at Wave 3 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (N = 4948). Hazardous alcohol consumption was defined as drinking above Irish guidelines [women >11 Standard Irish Drinks (SD)/week; men >17 SD/week], and/or having at least one heavy drinking episode per week (>6 SD/day). Problem drinking was defined as a score of > 2 on the CAGE instrument. Regression analyses investigated outcome differences according to socio-demographic and health characteristics. Sampling weights were applied to account for differential non-response. Results The prevalence of drinking patterns was 13% for lifetime alcohol abstainers, 8% for former drinkers, 26% for occasional drinkers and 53% for weekly drinkers. Among weekly drinkers 25% exceeded the guideline threshold, 23% had at least one heavy drinking episode per week and 16% had an alcohol problem according to the CAGE. In fully adjusted models, hazardous drinking and problem drinking were associated with younger older adults, male sex, current or past smoking, higher levels of stress and/or social isolation. Conclusions Our findings serve as a starting point to monitor trends of alcohol consumption among older adults in the Republic of Ireland. Our results highlight areas of opportunity for targeted screening and public interventions that seek to reduce alcohol harm among this population. Key messages In the Irish context, older adults who are younger, male, current or past smokers, with higher levels of stress and/or social isolation are more likely to engage in hazardous alcohol consumption. Our characterization of drinking patterns highlights areas of opportunity for targeted screening and public interventions that seek to reduce alcohol harm among older adults in Ireland.

Hazardous Alcohol Consumption Among Mexican Inpatients:A Multicenter Study

1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Guevara-Amal ◽  
Laura Zapata ◽  
Mariana Kaplan ◽  
Florencia Vargas-Vorackova ◽  
Mirella Márquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Multicenter Study ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol Consumption

Reward-Related Attentional Capture Moderates the Association between Fear-Driven Motives and Heavy Drinking

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Chang Liu ◽  
Murat Yücel ◽  
Chao Suo ◽  
Mike E. Le Pelley ◽  
Jeggan Tiego ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Attentional Capture ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Drinking Motives ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Problematic Drinking ◽  
The Past ◽  
Motivational Profile

Background: To date, there has been little investigation on how motivational and cognitive mechanisms interact to influence problematic drinking behaviours. Towards this aim, the current study examined whether reward-related attentional capture is associated with reward, fear (relief), and habit drinking motives, and further, whether it interacts with these motives in relation to problematic drinking patterns. Methods: Ninety participants (mean age = 34.8 years, SD = 9.1, 54% male) who reported having consumed alcohol in the past month completed an online visual search task that measured reward-related attentional capture as well as the Habit Reward Fear Scale, a measure of drinking motives. Participants also completed measures of psychological distress, impulsivity, compulsive drinking, and consumption items of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Regression analyses examined the associations between motives for alcohol consumption and reward-related attentional capture, as well as the associations between reward-related attentional capture, motives, and their interaction, with alcohol consumption and problems. Results: Greater reward-related attentional capture was associated with greater reward motives. Further, reward-related attentional capture also interacted with fear motives in relation to alcohol consumption. Follow-up analyses showed that this interaction was driven by greater fear motives being associated with heavier drinking among those with lower reward-related attentional capture (i.e., “goal-trackers”). Conclusion: These findings have implications for understanding how cognition may interact with motives in association with problematic drinking. Specifically, the findings highlight different potential pathways to problematic drinking according to an individual’s cognitive-motivational profile and may inform tailored interventions to target profile-specific mechanisms. Finally, these findings offer support for contemporary models of addiction that view excessive goal-directed behaviour under negative affect as a critical contributor to addictive behaviours.

scholarly journals Prevalence and correlates of hazardous alcohol consumption and binge drinking among men who have sex with men (MSM) in San Francisco

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. e0202170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn-Milo Santos ◽  
Christopher Rowe ◽  
Jaclyn Hern ◽  
John E. Walker ◽  
Arsheen Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Sex With Men

scholarly journals Nordic, Italian, and German Drinking Habits: A Comparison between Surveys Made since the 1980s

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 14-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sari Hanhinen
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Central European ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Drinking Habits ◽  
Drinking Frequency

This article compares Nordic drinking habit surveys and their results — a comparison previously done in 1988. It includes all the main surveys regarding drinking habits of the adult population in the Nordic countries since 1988. In addition the analysis takes in Italy and Germany. Drinking habits are described and compared on four dimensions: the share of abstainers and drinkers, overall drinking frequency, the volume of alcohol consumption, and heavy drinking and drinking for intoxication. The study highlights the difficulties inherent in the international comparison of drinking habits. The results indicate that even though the changes in beverage preferences imply a homogenization of drinking patterns, the homogenization hypothesis proves to be wrong when comparing the results concerning the shares of abstainers, drinking frequencies or distribution of alcohol consumption between women and men. Denmark still differs from the rest of the Nordic countries in these respects, being closer to central European countries like Germany. In the other Nordic countries traditional drinking patterns seem to persist despite the changes in beverage preferences. Closest to Denmark and central European countries stands Finland, where drinking frequency has been rising and where more alcohol is consumed than in Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Looking at the previous comparison of Nordic drinking habits, it can be concluded that drinking habits are very open to changes.

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