Titre
Patterns of alcohol consumption and social consequences. Results from an 8-year follow-up study in Switzerland
Type
article
Institution
Externe
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Rehm, J.
Auteure/Auteur
Gmel, G.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
ISSN
0965-2140
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1999-06
Volume
94
Numéro
6
Première page
899
Dernière page/numéro d’article
912
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Jun
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Jun
Résumé
AIMS: (1) To estimate the impact of drinking patterns on negative social (behaviour) consequences. (2) To test for the additional impact of overall volume of alcohol consumed on these social consequences. (3) To explore whether the impact on social consequences of drinking patterns is comparable for measures that do and do not explicitly mention alcohol consumption. DESIGN AND SETTING: An 8-year follow-up to a 1987 study of the Swiss general population carried out through face-to-face interviews; the follow-up data presented in this article was collected in 1995 through a mailed questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS: Nine hundred and fifty-three respondents from the 1987 survey who also completed the mailed questionnaire in 1995. MEASUREMENTS: Variables used were as follows: volume of drinking, eight drinking patterns differentiated by volume and frequency, four social consequences without mention of alcohol and six with mention of alcohol. All multivariate analyses control for sex, age and linguistic region. FINDINGS: High volumes of drinking per occasion predicted negative social consequences independently of overall drinking volume. This finding was independent of explicit mention of alcohol in item formulation. For unemployment and accidents, if assessed independently of alcohol consumption, no significant relationship with either overall volume of drinking or drinking pattern was observed. CONCLUSIONS: Patterns of alcohol consumption are an important determinant of social problems. Future research with better design is necessary to establish their exact risk relations with different social consequences.
Sujets
PID Serval
serval:BIB_6FD1C5937597
PMID
Date de création
2008-01-25T16:15:56.891Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-21T00:34:16Z