酒精消费的流行率和长期变化:来自印度南部基于人口的队列的结果
S Mahasampath Gowri1, Antonisamy Belavendra2, Senthil K Vasan3,4
1Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, 632002, India. gowri.cmc@gmail.com.
International journal of mental health systems
|October 10, 2024
概括
在过去二十年中,南印度男性的酒精消费量有所下降,但危险饮酒仍然很高. 较低的教育程度和社会经济地位预测消费,社区的耻辱限制了寻求帮助的酒精问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 酒精研究 酒精研究
背景情况:
- 印度的酒精消费低于全球平均水平,长期数据有限.
- 这项研究检查了南印度男性的酒精消费,饮酒模式和寻求帮助行为的趋势.
研究的目的:
- 在Vellore出生队列 (VBC) 中分析20年内酒精消费的变化.
- 识别饮酒模式和与酒精使用和饮酒问题相关的因素.
- 评估酒精使用障碍患者寻求帮助的行为.
主要方法:
- 从基线 (1998-2002) 和随访 (2016-2019) 的数据,对来自维洛尔出生队列 (VBC) 的男性参与者的纵向研究.
- 酒精摄入量以每周标准饮料单位量化;使用酒精使用障碍识别测试 (AUDIT) 评估饮酒模式.
- 用后勤回归分析分析社会人口因素与酒精消费的关联.
主要成果:
- 在过去的20年里,酒精消费率从54.5%下降到47.7%.
- 教育程度较低和社会经济地位 (SES) 是饮酒消费的重要预测因素.
- 在目前的饮酒者中,38.4%的人报告危险饮酒,4.7%的人报告有害饮酒,3.7%的人可能依赖酒精.
结论:
- 在20年内,该队列中观察到酒精消费的下降.
- 在这个人口中,酒精消费者中普遍存在危险和有害的饮酒模式.
- 寻求帮助率较低表明,社区内存在严重的与酒精有关的耻辱感.
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