Binge drinking and subsequent depressive symptoms in young women in Australia

Background: Previous evidence indicates significant associations between depressive disorders and alcohol use disorder (AUD) and their strong links with social conditions. This study aims to investigate the association between major depressive episode (MDE) and AUD across various socio-economic groups.Methods: We analysed data from the 2014 Thai National Health Examination Survey containing a random sample of 13,177 adults aged >20 years from the general population. The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test was used to classify respondents into non-problem drinking (score 0-7), hazardous drinking (score 8-15), and harmful-dependent drinking (score 16-40). MDE was identified using questions based on the DSM-IV. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using multinomial logistic regression to determine the strength of associations between MDE as a predictor and AUD as an outcome variable across different socio-economic levels.Results: The prevalence of MDE, hazardous, and harmful-dependent drinking was 2.5%, 10.3%, and 1.9%, respectively. The association between MDE and AUD was modified by wealth index, education level and area of residence. AORs for the association between MDE and harmful-dependent drinking were high among those in the highest (AOR=8.68, 95% CI: 5.34, 14.11) and lowest (AOR=7.14, 95% CI: 3.71, 13.73) levels of wealth index but not significant among those in the middle level (AOR=1.78, 95% CI: 0.74, 4.25). Education had the strongest effect on the relationship between MDE and harmful-dependent drinking (AOR=16.0, 95% CI: 10.30, 24.90 among those completing secondary school or higher and AOR=1.44, 95% CI: 0.63, 3.33 among those completing primary school only). The association between MDE and harmful-dependent drinking was higher among people who lived in urban areas (AOR=8.50, 95% CI: 5.50, 13.13) compared to those living in rural areas (AOR=4.73, 95% CI: 3.31, 6.77).Conclusion: Socio-economic factors modify the association between alcohol use disorder and major depressive disorder among Thai people.

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Socio-economic inequalities in the association between alcohol-use disorder and depressive disorder among Thai adults: a population-based study

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“…In this study, data from a large national survey among adults were used to examine the association between MDE and AUD and the effects of socio-economic factors on this association. In agreement with several studies [5,19,20,4,[21][22][23] our study found a significant association between AUD and depressive disorder. Such significant and positive relationship could be explained in terms of shared common genetic and environmental factors in the comorbidity of alcohol-use disorder and depressive disorder, as investigated in other studies [24][25][26].…”

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Socio-economic inequalities in the association between alcohol-use disorder and depressive disorder among Thai adults: a population-based study

Assanangkornchai

Nontarak

Aekplakorn

et al. 2020

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Purpose Previous evidence indicates significant associations between alcohol-use disorders (AUD) and depressive disorders and their strong links with social conditions. This study aims to investigate the association between AUD and major depressive episode (MDE) across various socio-economic groups. Methods Data from the 2014 Thai National Health Examination Survey was obtained containing a random sample of 13,177 adults aged > 20 years from the whole population. The Alcohol-Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was used to classify respondents into non-problem, hazardous drinking (score 8-15) and harmful-dependent drinking (score 16-40). MDE was identified using questions based on the DSM-IV. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using logistic regression to determine the strength of associations. Results The prevalence of hazardous, harmful-dependent drinking and MDE was 10.3%, 1.9% and 2.5%, respectively. The association between MDE and AUD was modified by education level, wealth index and area of residence, with education having the largest effect (AOR=1.23, 95% CI: 0.55, 2.76 among those completing primary school only and AOR=15.19, 95% CI: 9.5, 24.29 among those completing secondary school or higher). Conclusion Socio-economic factors modify the association between alcohol-use disorder and depressive disorder among Thai people.

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“…In this study, data from a large national survey among adults were used to examine the association between MDE and AUD and the effects of socio-economic factors on this association. In agreement with several studies [5,6,[25][26][27][28][29] our study found a signi cant association between depressive disorder and AUD. Such a signi cant and positive relationship could be explained in terms of shared common genetic and environmental factors in the comorbidity of depressive disorder and AUD, as investigated in other studies [30][31][32].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Socio-economic inequalities in the association between alcohol-use disorder and depressive disorder among Thai adults: a population-based study

Assanangkornchai

Nontarak

Aekplakorn

et al. 2020

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Background: Previous evidence indicates significant associations between alcohol use disorder (AUD) and depressive disorders and their strong links with social conditions. This study aims to investigate the association between AUD and major depressive episode (MDE) across various socio-economic groups.Methods: We analysed data from the 2014 Thai National Health Examination Survey containing a random sample of 13,177 adults aged >20 years from the general population. The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test was used to classify respondents into non-problem drinking (score 0-7), hazardous drinking (score 8-15), and harmful-dependent drinking (score 16-40). MDE was identified using questions based on the DSM-IV. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using multinomial logistic regression to determine the strength of associations between MDE as a predictor and AUD as an outcome variable across different socio-economic levels.Results: The prevalence of MDE, hazardous, and harmful-dependent drinking was 2.5%, 10.3%, and 1.9%, respectively. The association between MDE and AUD was modified by wealth index, education level and area of residence. AORs for the association between MDE and harmful-dependent drinking were high among those in the highest (AOR=6.89, 95% CI: 4.13, 11.48) and lowest (AOR=6.14, 95% CI: 3.33, 11.34) levels of wealth index but marginally significant among those in the middle level (AOR=2.58, 95% CI: 1.00, 6.67). Education had the strongest effect on the relationship between MDE and harmful-dependent drinking (AOR=15.19, 95% CI: 9.5, 24.29 among those completing secondary school or higher and AOR=1.23, 95% CI: 0.55, 2.76 among those completing primary school only). The association between MDE and harmful-dependent drinking was higher among people who lived in urban areas (AOR=7.37, 95% CI: 4.53, 12.00) compared to those living in rural areas (AOR=4.23, 95% CI: 3.10, 5.77).Conclusion: Socio-economic factors modify the association between alcohol use disorder and major depressive disorder among Thai people.

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Binge drinking and subsequent depressive symptoms in young women in Australia

Abstract: Extremely frequent binge drinking (more than weekly) in late adolescence appears to elevate the risk of subsequent depressive symptoms in young women in their early twenties and thirties, emphasising the need for preventive strategies to curb binge drinking.

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Socio-economic inequalities in the association between alcohol-use disorder and depressive disorder among Thai adults: a population-based study

Socio-economic inequalities in the association between alcohol-use disorder and depressive disorder among Thai adults: a population-based study

Socio-economic inequalities in the association between alcohol-use disorder and depressive disorder among Thai adults: a population-based study

Socio-economic inequalities in the association between alcohol-use disorder and depressive disorder among Thai adults: a population-based study

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