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Experienced Harm from Other People’s Drinking: A Comparison of Northern European Countries
OBJECTIVE: This study addresses how experienced harm from other people’s drinking varies between six Northern European countries by comparing 1) the prevalence of experienced harm and 2) the correlates of harm. METHOD: The data comprise 18–69-year olds who participated in general population surveys...
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Libertas Academica
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26609236 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/SART.S23504 |
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author | Moan, Inger Synnøve Storvoll, Elisabet E Sundin, Erica Lund, Ingunn Olea Bloomfield, Kim Hope, Ann Ramstedt, Mats Huhtanen, Petri Kristjánsson, Sveinbjörn |
author_facet | Moan, Inger Synnøve Storvoll, Elisabet E Sundin, Erica Lund, Ingunn Olea Bloomfield, Kim Hope, Ann Ramstedt, Mats Huhtanen, Petri Kristjánsson, Sveinbjörn |
author_sort | Moan, Inger Synnøve |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study addresses how experienced harm from other people’s drinking varies between six Northern European countries by comparing 1) the prevalence of experienced harm and 2) the correlates of harm. METHOD: The data comprise 18–69-year olds who participated in general population surveys in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Scotland during the period 2008–2013. Comparative data were available on five types of harm: physical abuse, damage of clothes/belongings, verbal abuse, being afraid, and being kept awake at night. RESULTS: This study shows that harms from other’s drinking are commonly experienced in all six countries. Being kept awake at night is the most common harm, while being physically harmed is the least common. The proportions that reported at least one of the five problems were highest in Finland and Iceland and lowest in Norway, but also relatively low in Sweden. Across countries, the level of harm was highest among young, single, urban residents, and for some countries among women and those who frequently drank to intoxication themselves. CONCLUSIONS: The study revealed large differences in the prevalence of harm in countries with fairly similar drinking cultures. However, the correlates of such experiences were similar across countries. Possible explanations of the findings are discussed, including differences in study design. |
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spelling | pubmed-46486122015-11-25 Experienced Harm from Other People’s Drinking: A Comparison of Northern European Countries Moan, Inger Synnøve Storvoll, Elisabet E Sundin, Erica Lund, Ingunn Olea Bloomfield, Kim Hope, Ann Ramstedt, Mats Huhtanen, Petri Kristjánsson, Sveinbjörn Subst Abuse Original Research OBJECTIVE: This study addresses how experienced harm from other people’s drinking varies between six Northern European countries by comparing 1) the prevalence of experienced harm and 2) the correlates of harm. METHOD: The data comprise 18–69-year olds who participated in general population surveys in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Scotland during the period 2008–2013. Comparative data were available on five types of harm: physical abuse, damage of clothes/belongings, verbal abuse, being afraid, and being kept awake at night. RESULTS: This study shows that harms from other’s drinking are commonly experienced in all six countries. Being kept awake at night is the most common harm, while being physically harmed is the least common. The proportions that reported at least one of the five problems were highest in Finland and Iceland and lowest in Norway, but also relatively low in Sweden. Across countries, the level of harm was highest among young, single, urban residents, and for some countries among women and those who frequently drank to intoxication themselves. CONCLUSIONS: The study revealed large differences in the prevalence of harm in countries with fairly similar drinking cultures. However, the correlates of such experiences were similar across countries. Possible explanations of the findings are discussed, including differences in study design. Libertas Academica 2015-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4648612/ /pubmed/26609236 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/SART.S23504 Text en © 2015 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 License. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Moan, Inger Synnøve Storvoll, Elisabet E Sundin, Erica Lund, Ingunn Olea Bloomfield, Kim Hope, Ann Ramstedt, Mats Huhtanen, Petri Kristjánsson, Sveinbjörn Experienced Harm from Other People’s Drinking: A Comparison of Northern European Countries |
title | Experienced Harm from Other People’s Drinking: A Comparison of Northern European Countries |
title_full | Experienced Harm from Other People’s Drinking: A Comparison of Northern European Countries |
title_fullStr | Experienced Harm from Other People’s Drinking: A Comparison of Northern European Countries |
title_full_unstemmed | Experienced Harm from Other People’s Drinking: A Comparison of Northern European Countries |
title_short | Experienced Harm from Other People’s Drinking: A Comparison of Northern European Countries |
title_sort | experienced harm from other people’s drinking: a comparison of northern european countries |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26609236 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/SART.S23504 |
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