Problem drinkers and high risk-taking behaviors under the stay-at-home policy of the COVID-19 emergency declaration

Wakabayashi, Mami; Takada, M.; Kinjo, Aya; Sugiyama, Yoshifumi; Iso, Hiroyasu; Tabuchi, Takahiro

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-13331-5

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“…It is also likely that levels of social support are predictive of postpartum alcohol use. It has been widely acknowledged that postpartum women often feel socially isolated and lonely after having a baby [28][29][30] , and both social isolation and loneliness have been associated with current and future heavy episodic and hazardous drinking [31,32]. Thus, one possibility is that a lack of (real or perceived) social support and feelings of isolation after having a baby may result in mothers adopting unhealthy coping behaviours, including the use of alcohol.…”

Section: Sociodemographic Correlates Of Maternal Postpartum Alcohol Usementioning

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Motherhood and drinking: The relative importance of mental health and psychosocial factors on maternal alcohol misuse during the postpartum period

Prior¹,

Piggott²,

Hunt³

et al. 2023

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BACKGROUND: Being a mother of a young child may be protective against problematic drinking behaviours for some, but not all, women. This paper sought to identify the sociodemographic, mental health, and drinking motive-related correlates of problematic drinking among postpartum mothers. METHODS: Australian mothers with a child under 12-months of age (n=319) were recruited via social media to complete a cross-sectional online survey. Two logistic regressions were run to examine unique factors associated with heavy episodic drinking (one or more days with ≥5 standard drinks) and hazardous alcohol use (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test score ≥8) among postpartum mothers, including sociodemographic variables (i.e., age, education, employment, income, relationship status, family size, months postpartum, breastfeeding status, and perceived social support), anxiety and depression severity, and drinking motives.RESULTS: One in 10 (11.6%) mothers reported heavy episodic drinking in the past months and 1 in 12 (8.5%) were drinking at hazardous or greater levels. Older age and more severe postpartum anxiety were associated with higher likelihood of hazardous drinking (OR=1.37, OR=1.09, respectively), while breastfeeding was associated with lower odds of heavy episodic drinking (OR=0.29). Greater perceived social support was associated with lower odds of both heavy episodic (OR=0.56) and hazardous drinking (OR=0.39), while higher coping-with-anxiety and social drinking motives were associated with greater odds of both of these problematic drinking behaviours (ORs ranged from 3.51 to 10.40). Conformity drinking motives were negatively associated with heavy episodic drinking (OR=0.24). CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the importance of screening for alcohol problems by health professionals during the transition to motherhood, to identify mothers who may need additional support and preventative care.

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Section: Sociodemographic Correlates Of Maternal Postpartum Alcohol Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Motherhood and drinking: The relative importance of mental health and psychosocial factors on maternal alcohol misuse during the postpartum period

Prior¹,

Piggott²,

Hunt³

et al. 2023

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“…Socioeconomically disadvantaged people are generally associated with risky health behavior such as heavy drinking [ 13 ]. However, socioeconomic characteristics of harmful alcohol use in Japan were identified in men with a high household income, were married, and were managers or professionals, which generally have a high socioeconomic status [ 14 , 15 ]. The other study showed that the motivation for drinking alcohol among middle-aged men indicated the social norm that alcohol drinking is important as a communication tool in business in Japan [ 16 ].…”

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Association between health indifference and problem drinking using a nationwide internet survey

Wakabayashi

Ishikawa

Fukuda

et al. 2023

Environ Health Prev Med

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Background: Little is known about the vulnerable populations and problem drinking in terms of health inequality. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between health indifference estimated by Health Interest Scale (HIS) and problem drinking identified by the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted utilizing data from a nationwide internet survey in Japan in 2022. The number of total participants was 29,377, with 49% of them being male, and the mean age was 47.9 («17.9) years. The participants were categorized into the following groups based on the quintiles of HIS score: health indifference (0-16), low health interest (17-20), middle health interest (21-22), middle-high interest (23-26) and high health interest (27-36) groups. Problem drinking was identified as AUDIT score of ²8 points. Results: The association between health indifference and problem drinking was explored through logistic regression with adjustment for various socioeconomic status, such as education, income level, and occupation; the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) was 1.72 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.51-1.95]. Conclusion: Health indifferent or lower health interest groups were a vulnerable population for problem drinking, regardless of their socioeconomic status. It could be useful to identify the health indifferent group through HIS and to monitor the impact of health intervention for this group for the reduction of health inequality.

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Problem drinkers and high risk-taking behaviors under the stay-at-home policy of the COVID-19 emergency declaration

Cited by 2 publications

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Motherhood and drinking: The relative importance of mental health and psychosocial factors on maternal alcohol misuse during the postpartum period

Motherhood and drinking: The relative importance of mental health and psychosocial factors on maternal alcohol misuse during the postpartum period

Association between health indifference and problem drinking using a nationwide internet survey

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