scholarly journals Concurrent validity of an Estimator of Weekly Alcohol Consumption (EWAC) based on the Extended AUDIT

Addiction ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. F. Dutey‐Magni ◽  
J. Brown ◽  
J. Holmes ◽  
J. M. A. Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Weekly Alcohol Consumption

Average Weekly Alcohol Consumption: Drinking Percentiles for American College Students

1997 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 201-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip W. Meilman ◽  
Cheryl A. Presley ◽  
Jeffrey R. Cashin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Weekly Alcohol Consumption

Alcohol: Effect on Blood Pressure and Predisposition to Hypertension

1981 ◽  
Vol 61 (s7) ◽  
pp. 373s-375s ◽  
Author(s):  
P. D. Arkwright ◽  
L. J. Beilin ◽  
I. Rouse ◽  
B. K. Armstrong ◽  
R. Vandongen
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Diastolic Pressure ◽  
Systolic Pressure ◽  
Threshold Effect ◽  
Health Questionnaire ◽  
Government Employees ◽  
Weekly Alcohol Consumption

1. The association between alcohol consumption and blood pressure was studied in 491 Government employees. The men, aged 21–45 years, volunteered to complete a health questionnaire and submitted to standardized measurements of blood pressure, heart rate and body size. 2. Average weekly alcohol consumption correlated with systolic pressure (r = 0.18, P < 0.001) but not with diastolic pressure. Systolic pressure increased progressively with increasing alcohol consumption with no obvious threshold effect. The effect of alcohol was independent of age, obesity (Quetelet's index) or cigarette smoking. 3. Results indicate that alcohol ranks close to obesity as a preventable cause of essential hypertension in the community.

Acquisitional Processes Underlying Illicit Alcohol Abuse in Underage Children: An Observational Learning Model

1979 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 735-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Observational Learning ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Consumption Rates ◽  
Weekly Alcohol Consumption

This study examined 25 boys and 35 girls in an elementary school and found illicit alcohol use occurred in 1 out of 5. Moreover, the frequency of weekly alcohol consumption among both the students' families and friends, as observed by the student, reliably predicted alcohol consumption rates by male students but not females. The obtained pattern of results is discussed in terms of an observational learning model of youths' drinking behavior, and implications of the findings are given.

Weekly Alcohol Consumption, Brain Atrophy, and White Matter Hyperintensities in a Community-Based Sample Aged 60 to 64 Years

2006 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 778-785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaarin J. Anstey ◽  
Anthony F. Jorm ◽  
Chantal Réglade-Meslin ◽  
Jerome Maller ◽  
Rajeev Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Matter ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Brain Atrophy ◽  
White Matter Hyperintensities ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Weekly Alcohol Consumption

Association between physical activity and alcohol consumption: sociodemographic and behavioral patterns in Brazilian adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 781-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
André O Werneck ◽  
Adewale L Oyeyemi ◽  
Célia L Szwarcwald ◽  
Danilo R Silva
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Behavioral Patterns ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Tv Viewing ◽  
Daily Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Weekly Alcohol Consumption

ABSTRACT Background Our aim was to investigate the association between physical activity and alcohol consumption, as well as the sociodemographic and behavioral patterns of this association in a representative sample of Brazilian adults. Methods Data from the Brazilian Health Survey (PNS), a nationally representative survey conducted in 2013 (n = 60 202; age≥18 years), were used. Time spent in leisure physical activity, alcohol consumption as well as sociodemographic (chronological age, educational status and skin color) and associated behavioral factors (TV viewing and tobacco smoking) were collected via interview. Logistic regression models were used for the main analyses. Results Prevalence of weekly and almost daily alcohol consumption were 29.5% and 6.7% for men and 12.0% and 1.0% for women respectively. Adults with weekly alcohol consumption were more likely to be classified as physically active [young: men=OR:1.20 (CI 95%:1.02–1.39), women= OR:2.33 (CI 95%:1.92–2.82); middle-aged: men= OR:1.46 (CI 95%: 1.17–1.82), women= OR:1.75 (CI 95%:1.38–2.22); older: men= OR:1.83 (CI 95%:1.27–2.66), women= OR:2.11 (CI 95%: s1.26–3.52)], when compared to adults with no alcohol consumption. Almost daily alcohol consumption was associated with lower physical activity among young and middle-aged adults but with higher physical activity among older adults of both sexes and young women. Conclusions Weekly alcohol consumption was associated with a higher level of physical activity among young, middle aged and older adults.

Disulfiram Treatment of Alcoholism

1992 ◽  
Vol 161 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Chick ◽  
Kevin Gough ◽  
Wojciech Falkowski ◽  
Peter Kershaw ◽  
Brian Hore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Vitamin C ◽  
Adverse Reactions ◽  
Treatment Withdrawal ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Weekly Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Group Serum

To assess the efficacy of supervised disulfiram as an adjunct to out-patient treatment of alcoholics, a randomised, partially blind, six-month follow-up study was conducted in which 126 patients received 200 mg disulfiram or 100 mg vitamin C under the supervision of a nominated informant. In the opinion of the (blinded) independent assessor, patients on disulfiram increased average total abstinent days by 100 and patients on vitamin C by 69, thus enhancing by one-third this measure of treatment outcome. Mean weekly alcohol consumption was reduced by 162 units with disulfiram, compared with 105 units with vitamin C., and the disulfiram patients reduced their total six-month alcohol consumption by 2572 units compared with an average reduction of 1448 units in the vitamin C group. Serum gamma-GT showed a mean fall of 21 IU/I in patients on disulfiram but rose by a mean of 13 IU/I with vitamin C. Unwanted effects in the disulfiram group led to a dose reduction in seven patients and to treatment withdrawal in four (and in one vitamin C patient). Two-thirds of the disulfiram group asked to continue the treatment at the end of the study. There were no medically serious adverse reactions.

More than consumption: moderating and independent effects of workplace factors on alcohol problems

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-532
Author(s):  
T. Cameron Wild ◽  
Scott Macdonald ◽  
Samantha Wells
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Alcohol Problems ◽  
After Effects ◽  
Independent Effects ◽  
Perceived Pressure ◽  
Alcohol And Other Drugs ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Alcohol Related Problems ◽  
Weekly Alcohol Consumption

In a household survey, 882 respondents provided information on (1) weekly alcohol consumption, (2) perceptions of job security, pressures exerted by co-workers and friends to use alcohol and other drugs, social isolation on the job, and (3) alcohol-related problems. At a bivariate level, consumption was positively related to alcohol problems (r = .45, p < .001). However, perceived pressure to use alcohol and other drugs exacerbated the effects of consumption on social and legal problems among drinkers reporting low (three or fewer drinks per week) and high (nine or more drinks per week) levels of alcohol use. In addition, workplace variables improved the predictability of alcohol problems, after effects of alcohol consumption were controlled. These results suggest that future work should examine perceived characteristics of the workplace as moderators of consumption effects, and as direct effects on alcohol-related problems, independently of consumption levels.

Alcohol-Related Offending in Male Special Hospital Patients

1993 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen Thomas ◽  
Mary McMurran
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Drinking Behaviour ◽  
Motivation To Change ◽  
Alcohol Abusers ◽  
Hospital Patients ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Special Hospital ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Alcohol Related Problems ◽  
Weekly Alcohol Consumption

In a sample of 61 male Special Hospital patients, 11 (18%) were identified as having alcohol-related problems prior to admission. Ten of these alcohol-abusers were interviewed to gather further information about their drinking, offending, and the relationship between the two. Alcohol abusers showed more serious criminality than non-abusers, having significantly more previous convictions and being responsible for a disproportionately high number of offences of murder and manslaughter. Alcohol-related problems appear to have developed quickly in adolescence culminating in the index offence at around 30 years of age. At this time, the mean self-reported weekly alcohol consumption was 240 units (one unit = 8.5gm alcohol). All but one man admitted to a relationship between alcohol and crime, and most showed motivation to change their future drinking behaviour.

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