Alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders among older adults in India: a literature review

Nadkarni, Abhijit; Murthy, Pratima; Crome, Ilana; Rao, Rahul

doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.793653

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“…The latter was considered the strongest risk factor for drinking among Sri Lankan male drinkers (Perera & Torabi, 2009), which is consistent with our current findings. Our results for coping strategies are consistent with the literature in that self-help techniques such as avoidance and spiritual strategies are cited commonly as means to deal with mental illnesses in India (Nadkarni et al, 2013a;Nadkarni, Murthy, Crome, & Rao, 2013b;Pereira et al, 2007).…”

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The onset and progression of alcohol use disorders: A qualitative study from Goa, India

MacKinnon

Bhatia

Nadkarni

2017

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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Quantitative evidence about the burden of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) needs to be complemented with a nuanced qualitative understanding of explanatory models to help supplement public health strategies that are too often steeped uncritically in biomedical models. The aim of this study was to identify the role of various factors in the onset and persistence of AUD and recovery from AUD. This was a qualitative study nested in a population cohort from Goa, India. In-depth interviews of men with incident, recovered, and persistent AUD covered topics such as changes in drinking habits over time, perceptions and experiences about starting/stopping drinking, and so on. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Reasons to begin drinking included social drinking, functional use of alcohol, stress, and boredom. Progression to problematic drinking patterns was characterized by drinking alone, alternating between abstinent and heavy drinking periods, and drinking based on the availability of finances. Some enablers to reduce/stop drinking included consequences of drinking lifestyle and personal resolve; some barriers included availability of alcohol at social events and stress. Some reasons for persisting heavy use of alcohol included lack of family support, physical withdrawal symptoms, peer pressure, stress, and easy availability. This article offers a strong conceptualization and nuanced understanding of AUD across a spectrum of developmental courses. This adds to the limited literature on explanatory models of AUD in India and identifies potential targets for prevention and treatment strategies for AUD in low- and middle-income country settings.

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The onset and progression of alcohol use disorders: A qualitative study from Goa, India

MacKinnon

Bhatia

Nadkarni

2017

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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“…The relationship between alcohol consumption and age indicates that, there was a positive relationship, with the increasing of age group, the consumption of alcohol also growing up and this finding is very much consistent with several existing studies (Wilsnack et al, 2009;Nadkarni et al, 2013;Goodwin et al, 1987; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2010). In the light of sex, more percentage of males consume alcohol in all the categories than the counterpart of females which is the similar result with many others studies (Goodwin et al, 1987;Wilsnack et al, 2009;Roche and Deehan, 2002;Rahav et al, 2006).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…There are a number of factors at the individual and social levels which determine the level of alcohol consumption such as: Age (Singh and Mail, 2014;Nadkarni et al, 2013;Goodwin et al, 1987;Wilsnack et al, 2009; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2010), Sex (Singh and Mail, 2014;Goodwin et al, 1987;Wilsnack et al, 2009;Roche and Deehan, 2002;Rahav et al, 2006), Employment status (Nadkarni et al, 2013;Berry et al, 2007), Socioeconomic status (Nadkarni et al, 2013;Goodwin et al, 1987;Neufeld et al, 2005;Rehm et al, 2009;Schmidt et al, 2010;Huckle et al, 2010;Casswell et al, 2003), Family factor (Singh and Mail, 2014;Pandey et al, 2015;Thappa et al, 2016;Rice et al, 1998), Drinker's behavior (Singh and Mail, 2014), Alcohol exposure (volume, patterns, and quality of alcohol consumed) (Singh and Mail, 2014), Economic development (Singh and Mail, 2014), Culture (Singh and Mail, 2014), Existing alcohol-related policies (Singh and Mail, 2014), Education (Easwaran et al, 2015;Nadkarni et al, 2013;Goodwin et al, 1987;Neufeld et al, 2005;Thappa et al, 2016), Smoking and paternal history of alcohol consumption (Easwaran et al, 2015), Better health status (Nadkarni et al, 2013), Lower chronic morbidity (Nadkarni et al, 2013), Place of residence (Bhullar et al, 2013;Neufeld et al, 2005…”

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Alcohol Consumption in India: An Analysis of IHDS Data

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Introduction: Harmful use of alcohol result in 3 million people die each year, which means 5.3% of all deaths worldwide. Alcohol has a contribution on the global burden of disease and injury which accounts approximately 5.1 per cent of the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and approximately 13.5 per cent of the total deaths in the age group 20-39 years were caused by alcohol consumption. Objectives: To understand the changes and differentials in alcohol consumption in India and its states, and to examine the determinants of alcohol consumption in India. Data Source and Methodology: The present study has used the national representative Indian Human Development Surveys (IHDS) I (2004-05) and II (2011-12). Bivariate analysis was used to show the prevalence of alcohol consumption concerning some selected socioeconomic and demographic background variables. The Chi-square and multivariate logistic regressions were also employed to estimate the odds ratio (95% CI) for alcohol consumption. STATA and Arc GIS 10.1 software were employed to carry out the analyses. Findings: The alcohol consumption was two per cent higher in 2004-05 (37%) than the recent survey of IHDS (2011-12) (35%) in India. In addition to that, there were some states where the consumption of alcohol had increased from 2004 to 2012 like Mizoram (44%), Kerala (19%), and Jammu and Kashmir (16%). In contrary to that, there were also a few states where alcohol consumption had decreased from 2004 to 2012 like Rajasthan (8%) and Tamil Nadu (5%).

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“…The full texts of the remaining 140 citations were evaluated, and 117 articles were excluded, which did not fulfill the eligibility criteria. Finally, 23 articles meeting all the criteria were recruited in this umbrella review (see Table 3), including 12 systematic reviews (Aggarwal and Berk, 2015;Arora and Aeri, 2019;Hossain et al, 2017Hossain et al, , 2014Math and Srinivasaraju, 2010;Mills et al, 2008;Mirza and Jenkins, 2004;Nadkarni et al, 2013;Naskar et al, 2017;Newman, 2013;Rajapakse et al, 2013;Thapa et al, 2018) and 11 meta-analyses (Chauhan et al, 2019;Ganguli, 2000;Hendrickson et al, 2019;Hussain et al, 2018;Mahendran et al, 2019;Malhotra and Patra, 2014;Pilania et al, 2019;Prabhu et al, 2019;Ranjan and Asthana, 2017;Reddy and Chandrashekar, 1998;Upadhyay et al, 2017).…”

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Prevalence of mental disorders in South Asia: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Hossain

Purohit

Sultana

et al. 2020

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

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Objectives: Mental disorders are highly prevalent in eight South Asian countries, yet there is a gap of a synthesized overview of the prevalence of mental disorders in this region. This umbrella review aims to summarize the prevalence of mental disorders from systematic reviews and metaanalyses of South Asian studies. Materials and methods: A systematic search of 11 major databases and additional sources was conducted until December 11, 2019. Articles were included if they were systematic reviews or meta-analyses, reported the prevalence of mental disorders, and reported primary studies conducted in South Asian countries only. Results: Among 2591 citations, a total of 23 reviews met all the criteria of this umbrella review. The synthesized findings from those reviews suggest high prevalence rates for mental disorders, including depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, suicidal behavior and selfharm, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, dementia, and other mental health problems. Also, findings suggest a high burden of maternal depression, psychiatric comorbidities in chronic physical illnesses, and various mental disorders among children, elderly adults, refugees, and other vulnerable populations. Most studies were from India whereas evidence from Afghanistan, Bhutan, and Maldives was limited. Conclusion: The findings of this review are constrained with heterogeneity in prevalence estimations, methodologies, sampling issues, and limitations in the existing literature, which should be addressed in future research. The evidence synthesized in this review provides national and regional overview of the prevalence of mental disorders, which may inform better policymaking and practice advancing mental health in South Asia.

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Alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders among older adults in India: a literature review

Cited by 20 publications

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The onset and progression of alcohol use disorders: A qualitative study from Goa, India

The onset and progression of alcohol use disorders: A qualitative study from Goa, India

Alcohol Consumption in India: An Analysis of IHDS Data

Prevalence of mental disorders in South Asia: An umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses

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