Patterns of alcohol use between genders: A cross-cultural evaluation

Kerr-Corrêa, Florence; Igami, Thais Zamudio; Hiroce, Vivian; Tucci, Adriana Marcassa

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2006.09.031

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“…In the regression logistic, harmful alcohol use was independently associated with the male sex and with illicit substance use 2,44 , in agreement with the literature. This scenario is a cause for concern because these behaviors can lead to a cycle of exposure to risky sexual behaviors, including those involved in HCV transmission 2 (e.g., unprotected sexual relationships, multiple sexual partners), and may also have a strong impact on treatment adherence and outcome This study has certain limitations that must be considered when analyzing the results.…”

Section: Prevalence Of Depressive Symptoms and Harmful Alcohol Usesupporting

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Depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in hepatitis C patients: prevalence and correlates

Machado

Silva

Torres

et al. 2014

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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Introduction:It is important to understand the characteristics and vulnerabilities of people who have hepatitis C because this disease is currently an important public health problem. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in patients with hepatitis C and to study the association between these outcomes and demographic, psychosocial and clinical variables. Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study involved 82 hepatitis C patients who were being treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin at a public university hospital. The primary assessments used in the study were the Alcohol Use Disorders Identifi cation Test and the Beck Depression Inventory. Bivariate analyses were followed by logistic regression. Results: The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 30.5% (n=25), and that of harmful alcohol use was 34.2% (n=28). Logistic regression analysis showed that individuals who were dissatisfi ed with their social support (OR=4.41; CI=1.00-19.33) and were unemployed (OR=6.31; CI=1.44-27.70) were at a higher risk for depressive symptoms, whereas harmful alcohol use was associated with the male sex (OR=6.78; CI=1. 38-33.19) and the use of illicit substances (OR=7.42; CI=1.12-49.00). Conclusions: High prevalence rates of depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use were verifi ed, indicating vulnerabilities that must be properly monitored and treated to reduce emotional suffering in this population.

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Section: Prevalence Of Depressive Symptoms and Harmful Alcohol Usesupporting

confidence: 89%

Depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in hepatitis C patients: prevalence and correlates

Machado

Silva

Torres

et al. 2014

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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“…Our sample was characterized by a high proportion of mothers, good social support, and average level of education and employment. This fact may offer support to the hypothesis that the lower number of social roles and the fewer responsibilities a woman has, the higher the inclination to report problematic drinking (Kerr-Corrêa et al 2007). Even if substance use may be a risk factor for IPV, the fact that 75% of the IPV was not related to substance use indicates that other interactional and interpersonal risk factors should be explored.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Another review found that about 20% of men and 10% of women were drinking before the most recent and severe act of violence (Klostermann and Fals-Stewart 2006) Some investigators have argued that association between alcohol use and IPV may vary considerably as a function of the characteristics of the person drinking and the circumstances under which intoxication occurs. One conclusion was that women with few social roles and responsibilities have a stronger inclination to report problematic alcohol use (Kerr-Corrêa et al 2007). …”

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An Interactional Perspective of Intimate Partner Violence: An In-depth Semi-structured Interview of a Representative Sample of Help-seeking Women

Vatnar

Bjørkly

2008

J Fam Viol

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This article reports a study of women victimized by intimate partner violence (IPV). We describe three interactional aspects of IPV: (1) responses and conduct before, during, and after IPV episodes, (2) impact of alcohol and drug intoxication, and (3) Predictors of risk for IPV victimization in more than one partnership. A representative sample of 157 help-seeking women, recruited from family counseling offices, the police and shelters, were interviewed about physical, psychological and sexual IPV. The nature and characteristics of the IPV interactions were complex and heterogeneous. There were significant interactional differences between the IPV categories concerning the women_s responses and conduct before, during and after the IPV. The impact of alcohol and drug intoxication was relatively small on the occurrence of IPV. About 75% reported that neither the perpetrator nor the female victim had consumed alcohol or drugs before the index IPV exposure. Only 23% of the women had experienced IPV by previous partners. Women who had been subjected to sexual abuse in their family of origin were at almost 25 times increased risk of IPV victimization in more than one partnership. Childhood exposure to physical IPV between parents increased the risk of IPV victimization in more than one partnership significantly more than if the woman had been subject to childhood physical victimization.

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“…Social epidemiological research on the association between women's socio-economic characteristics and their alcohol use has increased in recent years (Holmila & Raitasalo, 2005;Kerr-Correa, Igami, Hiroce, & Tucci, 2007;Rahav, Wilsnack, Bloomfield, Gmel, & Kuntsche, 2006;Wilsnack et al, 2000), with a growing focus on how social roles relate to women's alcohol use (Christie-Mizell & Peralta,…”

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What is the role of roles? Exploring the link between social roles and women’s alcohol use in low- and middle-income countries

Grittner

Németh

Kuntsche

et al. 2015

IJADR

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Aims: This paper investigates how social roles are related to alcohol use among women in low-and middle-income countries.Methods: Cross-sectional data were used from 25-49-years-old women in 11 low-and middle-income countries from the GenACIS project. Dependent variables were current drinking and risky drinking (10+gr/day). Information on partnership, parenthood and having paid labour were used as social role measures. Multiple and multilevel regression analyses were carried out to test whether holding several roles are related to current and risky drinking.Results: Having paid work was associated with current and risky drinking across countries. Having a partner and having children were associated with a higher likelihood of abstention. With regard to country level characteristics per capita consumption was significantly related to both current drinking and risky drinking among women, while gross national income was significantly associated only with current drinking. Gender equality within the country did not have a significant association with women's drinking. Concerning differing role combinations, working single women without children were most likely to be risky drinkers, while women who were not working and had a partner and children were the least likely. Conclusions:Paid labour was a substantial singular factor positively associated with women's drinking. In addition, with the exception of Argentina and Kazakhstan, high per capita consumption on country level was associated with higher prevalence of risky drinking among women.

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Patterns of alcohol use between genders: A cross-cultural evaluation

Cited by 62 publications

References 64 publications

Depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in hepatitis C patients: prevalence and correlates

Depressive symptoms and harmful alcohol use in hepatitis C patients: prevalence and correlates

An Interactional Perspective of Intimate Partner Violence: An In-depth Semi-structured Interview of a Representative Sample of Help-seeking Women

What is the role of roles? Exploring the link between social roles and women’s alcohol use in low- and middle-income countries

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