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Patterns of alcohol consumption and social consequences. Results from an 8‐year follow‐up study in Switzerland

Rehm, Jurgen, Gmel, Gerhard·1999·Addiction
DOI 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.94689912.x
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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.

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Authors
Rehm, J., & Gmel, G.
ORCID
Gmel, Gerhard
Venue
Addiction
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1999-06
Volume
94
Issue
6
Pages
899-912
ISSN
  • 0965-2140 (ISSN-L)
  • 1360-0443
DOI
10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.94689912.x
OpenAlex
W1965096448
Cited by
76
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0
Citations by year
2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
FWCI
2.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 1067 d)
Locations
  • Addiction (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homelessness and Social Issues
Keywords
alcohol consumption patterns, drinking frequency, alcohol-related social problems, unemployment, accidents, alcohol consumption measurement, item wording effects, longitudinal follow-up
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Alcohol Drinking, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Behavior, Switzerland, Multivariate Analysis, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution, Alcohol-Related Disorders

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