Risky Drinkers Underestimate their Own Alcohol Consumption

Gual, Antoni; Arbesú, José Ángel; Zarco, José; Balcells-Olivero, Maria de Las Mercedes; López‐Pelayo, Hugo; Miquel, Laia; Bobes, Julio

doi:10.1093/alcalc/agx029

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“…Although heavy alcohol consumption is underestimated in self-reports,53 the Finbalt survey data have supported the findings from the analysis of premature mortality, indicating that drinking habits of men were far more detrimental than those of women. Heavy episodic drinking and hazardous drinking prevalence among men exceeded that of women about six times.…”

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Sex disparities in premature adult mortality in Estonia 1995–2016: a national register-based study

Rahu

Zeeb

2019

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesTo quantify sex disparities in cause-specific premature adult mortality in Estonia, to determine the causes of death with the largest differences, to provide insight into related behaviours and to offer some guidance to public health policy-makers based on the results of the study.DesignA national register-based study.SettingEstonia.DataIndividual records of deaths at ages 20–69 years in 1995–2016 from the Estonian causes of death register; data on tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption in the adult population in 1996–2016 from the biennial postal survey of health behaviour.Main outcome measuresOverall and cause-specific age-standardised mortality rates, average annual percentage changes in mortality, and cause-specific men-to-women mortality rate ratios were calculated. In addition, the age-standardised prevalence proportions of tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption and men-to-women prevalence rate ratios were determined.ResultsOverall premature adult mortality decreased considerably during 1995–2016, but no reduction was observed with respect to the large relative sex disparities. In circulatory disease mortality, the disparities widened significantly over time. Extremely high mortality rate ratios were observed for cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract and for lung cancer. There was a stable, more than fivefold male excess mortality from external causes. A fourfold male disadvantage was evident for alcohol poisoning, mental disorders due to alcohol and alcohol-related degeneration of the nervous system as a group. The prevalence of tobacco smoking and harmful alcohol consumption among men exceeded that among women by factors of two and six, respectively.ConclusionsEven though premature adult mortality has markedly decreased over time, there has been no success in diminishing the large sex differences in the mortality patterns, mostly associated with smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, both more prevalent among men. Estonia needs a comprehensive and consistent alcohol policy while maintaining and further developing antitobacco measures.

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Sex disparities in premature adult mortality in Estonia 1995–2016: a national register-based study

Rahu

Zeeb

2019

BMJ Open

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“…Antes de los 15 años 23,4 (17,8 -29,4) 22,0 (14,4 -30,0) 19,0 (10,3 -9,0) 9,0 (0,0 -22,3) 13,0 (2,6 -25,1) 0,381 La importante diferencia entre las percepciones de su propio consumo y las de sus amigos observada (Tabla 3), puede estar influida también por una tendencia a infraestimar el propio consumo. En este sentido Gual et al (2017) encontraron que hasta el 93,7% de los bebedores de riesgo no se ven como consumidores excesivos. Los datos que se presentan en las Figuras 1 y 2 parecen avalar esta infraestimación pues un 35,9% de las mujeres y un 27,2% de los hombres que declararon no consumir alcohol o consumir poco alcohol muestran CRA.…”

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Percepción del consumo de alcohol propio y de allegados en universitarios de primer curso como predictor del consumo a 10 años

Moure-Rodríguez

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“…One of the limitations of this study lies in the variability of the measurement of alcohol use, given the wide disparity in the volume of alcohol registered in the literature and the self-reported providers’ alcohol use, which may have caused an underestimation of the prevalence of hazardous alcohol use among PC providers [38]. Another limitation of the study arises from the difficulty to compare our data with the previous results published on this topic, due to the diversity of criteria established in the definition of risky alcohol use throughout the literature, which hinders the drawing of consistent conclusions about the hazardous drinking of PC professionals.…”

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Prevalence of hazardous alcohol use among Spanish primary care providers

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Background Alcohol use by health care professionals is one of the potential factors that may affect the prevention of hazardous drinking in Primary Care (PC). The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of hazardous alcohol use by PC professionals and assess the existing relationship between socio-demographic and occupational variables of PC professionals and their alcohol use. Methods A descriptive, cross-sectional, observational, multicenter study was performed. Location: PC sites of the Spanish National Health Care System (NHS). Participants: Physicians and nurses, who completed an online questionnaire intended to identify the pattern of hazardous alcohol use through the AUDIT-C test. The study population was recruited through random sampling stratified by regions of the PC sites in the NHS. The primary measurements: Frequency of alcohol use, number of drinks containing alcohol on a typical day, frequency of six or more drinks on one occasion. Results One thousand seven hundred sixty professionals completed the questionnaire. Hazardous alcohol use was detected in 27.80% (95% CI: 25.5–29.7) of PC providers. The prevalence of hazardous alcohol use was higher in males (34.2%) [95% CI: 30.4–37.6] and professionals aged 56 years or over (34.2%) [95% CI: 28.2–40.2]. The multiple logistic regression analysis revealed a higher hazardous use in males (OR = 1.52; 95% CI: 1.22–1.90), PC physicians (OR = 1.42; 95% CI: 1.01–2.02) and professionals with more time worked (OR = 1.03; 95% CI: 1.01–1.05). Conclusion Our study shows the current prevalence of hazardous alcohol use among Spanish PC providers, revealing a higher percentage of hazardous alcohol use in healthcare professionals compared to the Spanish general population. Further interventions are required to increase the awareness of negative consequences derived from alcohol use among PC professionals and its impact on the clinical setting.

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Risky Drinkers Underestimate their Own Alcohol Consumption

Cited by 17 publications

References 2 publications

Sex disparities in premature adult mortality in Estonia 1995–2016: a national register-based study

Sex disparities in premature adult mortality in Estonia 1995–2016: a national register-based study

Percepción del consumo de alcohol propio y de allegados en universitarios de primer curso como predictor del consumo a 10 años

Prevalence of hazardous alcohol use among Spanish primary care providers

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