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The pattern of alcohol use and its relationship with consequences among problem alcohol users: A community-based cross-sectional study from India

BACKGROUND: Pattern of drinking has a strong bearing on alcohol-related negative consequences. Very few studies from India have assessed this relationship using any standardized instrument. AIM: The current study aims to assess the relationship between pattern of alcohol use and negative consequence...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Snehil, Lal, Rakesh, Ambekar, Atul, Mishra, Ashwani Kumar, Rao, Ravindra
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7197826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32382174
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_194_19
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author Gupta, Snehil
Lal, Rakesh
Ambekar, Atul
Mishra, Ashwani Kumar
Rao, Ravindra
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Lal, Rakesh
Ambekar, Atul
Mishra, Ashwani Kumar
Rao, Ravindra
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description BACKGROUND: Pattern of drinking has a strong bearing on alcohol-related negative consequences. Very few studies from India have assessed this relationship using any standardized instrument. AIM: The current study aims to assess the relationship between pattern of alcohol use and negative consequences among problem alcohol users using a standardized instrument. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional, observational study using snowball sampling technique was conducted among 75 participants in an urban slum of a metropolitan city of India. Screening of the participants was done by the World Health Organization Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (WHO-ASSIST). Alcohol use details and alcohol-related adverse consequences were obtained by a semi-structured questionnaire and Drinker Inventory of Consequences (DrInC) inventory, respectively. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and logistic regression test were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: There was a significant association between high total DrInC score and ≥3 subscale scores with employment status, percentage of total family income spent on alcohol, source of income to procure alcohol, amount of alcohol, morning drinking, alcohol use for relaxation, and drinking throughout the day (Chi-square test). Age ≤35 years, current unemployment/part-time employment state, spending ≥25% of total family income on alcohol, family history, and drinking throughout the day were more likely to have high total DrInC score and ≥2 subscale scores (logistic regression analysis). CONCLUSION: A large proportion of the participants were suffering significantly from alcohol-related consequences but still were not receiving any treatment. It emphasizes the need for more epidemiological studies in this area for its treatment and policy-level implication.
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spelling pubmed-71978262020-05-07 The pattern of alcohol use and its relationship with consequences among problem alcohol users: A community-based cross-sectional study from India Gupta, Snehil Lal, Rakesh Ambekar, Atul Mishra, Ashwani Kumar Rao, Ravindra Indian J Psychiatry Original Article BACKGROUND: Pattern of drinking has a strong bearing on alcohol-related negative consequences. Very few studies from India have assessed this relationship using any standardized instrument. AIM: The current study aims to assess the relationship between pattern of alcohol use and negative consequences among problem alcohol users using a standardized instrument. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional, observational study using snowball sampling technique was conducted among 75 participants in an urban slum of a metropolitan city of India. Screening of the participants was done by the World Health Organization Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (WHO-ASSIST). Alcohol use details and alcohol-related adverse consequences were obtained by a semi-structured questionnaire and Drinker Inventory of Consequences (DrInC) inventory, respectively. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and logistic regression test were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: There was a significant association between high total DrInC score and ≥3 subscale scores with employment status, percentage of total family income spent on alcohol, source of income to procure alcohol, amount of alcohol, morning drinking, alcohol use for relaxation, and drinking throughout the day (Chi-square test). Age ≤35 years, current unemployment/part-time employment state, spending ≥25% of total family income on alcohol, family history, and drinking throughout the day were more likely to have high total DrInC score and ≥2 subscale scores (logistic regression analysis). CONCLUSION: A large proportion of the participants were suffering significantly from alcohol-related consequences but still were not receiving any treatment. It emphasizes the need for more epidemiological studies in this area for its treatment and policy-level implication. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7197826/ /pubmed/32382174 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_194_19 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Gupta, Snehil
Lal, Rakesh
Ambekar, Atul
Mishra, Ashwani Kumar
Rao, Ravindra
The pattern of alcohol use and its relationship with consequences among problem alcohol users: A community-based cross-sectional study from India
title The pattern of alcohol use and its relationship with consequences among problem alcohol users: A community-based cross-sectional study from India
title_full The pattern of alcohol use and its relationship with consequences among problem alcohol users: A community-based cross-sectional study from India
title_fullStr The pattern of alcohol use and its relationship with consequences among problem alcohol users: A community-based cross-sectional study from India
title_full_unstemmed The pattern of alcohol use and its relationship with consequences among problem alcohol users: A community-based cross-sectional study from India
title_short The pattern of alcohol use and its relationship with consequences among problem alcohol users: A community-based cross-sectional study from India
title_sort pattern of alcohol use and its relationship with consequences among problem alcohol users: a community-based cross-sectional study from india
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7197826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32382174
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_194_19
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