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Rural and urban problem drinkers in six Southern states.

B M Booth1, R L Ross, K Rost

  • 1Centers for Mental Healthcare Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205, USA. boothbrendam@exchange.uams.edu

Substance Use & Misuse
|April 21, 1999
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Rural and urban problem drinkers show demographic differences, not behavioral ones, in the Southern US. A new screening tool for alcohol disorders demonstrated strong diagnostic accuracy.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Addiction Research

Background:

  • Understanding rural-urban disparities in alcohol use and treatment seeking is crucial for public health.
  • Previous research indicates potential differences in drinking patterns and service utilization between rural and urban populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine rural/urban differences in predictors of service use and the course of drinking among problem drinkers.
  • To assess the diagnostic accuracy of a newly developed screening interview for alcohol disorders.

Main Methods:

  • A four-wave longitudinal study conducted from 1994-1997 in six Southern United States states.
  • Inclusion of over 3,000 community individuals and 525 identified problem drinkers.
  • Validation of a novel screening interview against structured diagnostic interviews for DSM-IV criteria.

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Main Results:

  • Community-level differences in alcohol consumption were observed between rural and urban areas.
  • Among identified problem drinkers, only demographic differences were found between rural and urban participants.
  • The screening interview showed excellent agreement (kappa = 0.72) for lifetime disorders and good agreement (kappa = 0.53) for recent disorders.

Conclusions:

  • While community-level alcohol consumption patterns may differ, problem drinkers in rural and urban settings share similar demographic profiles.
  • The developed screening interview is a reliable tool for identifying alcohol disorders in both lifetime and recent contexts.