Stability and change in alcohol habits of different socio-demographic subgroups - a cohort study

BMC Public Health

Anders Romelsjö²  Yvonne Forsell³  Peter Wennberg¹  Lovisa Sydén² 

[1] Stockholm University, SoRAD, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Widerströmska Huset, floor 8, Tomtebodav. 18 A, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Public Health Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Widerströmska Huset, floor 10, Tomtebodav, 18 A, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden

关键词: Public health;    Cohort studies;    Socio-economic position;    Social epidemiology;    Alcohol;   

Others  :  1130112
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-525

 received in 2014-02-25, accepted in 2014-05-23,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Stability in alcohol habits varies over time and in subgroups, but there are few longitudinal studies assessing stability in alcohol habits by socio-demographic subgroups and potential predictors of stability and change. The aim was to study stability and change in alcohol habits by sex, age, and socio-economic position (SEP).

Methods

Data derived from two longitudinal population based studies in Sweden; the PART study comprising 19 457 individuals aged 20-64 years in 1998-2000, and the Stockholm Public Health Cohort (SPHC) with 50 067 individuals aged 18-84 years in 2002. Both cohorts were followed-up twice; PART 2000-2003 and 2010, and SPHC 2007 and 2010. Alcohol habits were measured with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), and with normal weekly alcohol consumption (NWAC). Stability in alcohol habits was measured with intraclass correlation. Odds ratios were estimated in multinomial logistic regression analysis to predict stability in alcohol habits.

Results

For the two drinking measures there were no consistent patterns of stability in alcohol habits by sex or educational level. The stability was higher for older age groups and self-employed women. To be a man aged 30-39 at baseline predicted both increase and decrease in alcohol habits.

Conclusions

The findings illustrate higher stability in alcohol habits with increasing age and among self-employed women with risky alcohol habits. To be a man and the age 30-39 predicted change in alcohol habits. No conclusive pattern of socio-economic position as predictor of change in alcohol habits was found and other studies of potential predictors seem warranted.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Sydén et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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