Predictors and prevalence of hazardous alcohol use in middle-late to late adulthood in Europe

Objectives: Even low to moderate levels of alcohol consumption can have detrimental health consequences, especially in older adults (OA). Although many studies report an increase in the proportion of drinkers among OA, there are regional variations. Therefore, we examined alcohol consumption and the...

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Published in:Aging & mental health 2023-05, Vol.27 (5), p.1001-1010
Main Authors: Tschorn, Mira, Schulze, Susanne, Förstner, Bernd R., Holmberg, Christine, Spallek, Jacob, Heinz, Andreas, Rapp, Michael A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Aged
alcohol
Alcohol abuse
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol use
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Alcohols
Binge drinking
Children
Consumption
cross-national/international studies
Drinking behavior
drug and alcohol abuse
Education
environmental factors/housing/rural-urban factors
epidemiology (mental health)
Europe
Europe - epidemiology
Female
Gender
Gender differences
Geriatric psychiatry
Hazardous alcohol use
Humans
Low income groups
Male
Marital status
Mental health
middle-aged adults
older adults
Older people
Parent-child relations
Parents
Parents & parenting
Prevalence
Regional variations
Regions
Regression analysis
Regression models
Risk Factors
Smoking
Substance use disorder
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Summary:Objectives: Even low to moderate levels of alcohol consumption can have detrimental health consequences, especially in older adults (OA). Although many studies report an increase in the proportion of drinkers among OA, there are regional variations. Therefore, we examined alcohol consumption and the prevalence of hazardous alcohol use (HAU) among men and women aged 50+ years in four European regions and investigated predictors of HAU. Methods: We analyzed data of N = 35,042 participants of the European SHARE study. We investigated differences in alcohol consumption (units last week) according to gender, age and EU-region using ANOVAs. Furthermore, logistic regression models were used to examine the effect of income, education, marital status, history of a low-quality parent-child relationship and smoking on HAU, also stratified for gender and EU-region. HAU was operationalized as binge drinking or risky drinking (
ISSN:1360-7863
1364-6915
DOI:10.1080/13607863.2022.2076208