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Nikkilä R, Hirvonen E, Pitkäniemi J, Räsänen JV, Malila NK, Mäkitie A. Risk of Second Primary Cancer Among Patients with Cardio-Esophageal Cancer in Finland: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Clin Epidemiol 2024; 16:475-485. [PMID: 39070101 PMCID: PMC11278093 DOI: 10.2147/clep.s471802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024] Open
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Purpose The occurrence of a second primary cancer (SPC) after primary esophageal carcinoma (EC) or gastric cardia carcinoma(GCC) is well acknowledged. However, previous research on the risk of SPC among these patients has been predominantly conducted in Asian countries. Yet, notable population-dependent variation in histological types and risk profiles exists. This register-based study assesses the histology-specific risk of SPC among individuals initially diagnosed with a first primary EC or GCC. Patients and Methods We obtained data on 7197 patients diagnosed with EC/GCC in Finland between 1980 and 2022 from the Finnish Cancer Registry. Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) of SPC were subsequently calculated relatively to the cancer risk of the general population. Results The average and median follow-up times were 2.8 years and 10.5 months. Adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas comprised 57.8% (n = 4165) and 36.6% (n = 2631) of all cases, respectively. An increased SIR was noted among EC/GCC patients after 15-20 years of follow-up (SIR 1.49, 95% CI: 1.01-2.11). Among adenocarcinoma patients, an increased SIR for SPCs of the digestive organs was seen in the 40-54-year-old group (SIR 9.86, 95% CI: 3.62-21.45). Squamous cell carcinoma patients displayed increased SIRs for cancer of the mouth/pharynx (SIR 3.20, 95% CI: 1.17-6.95) and respiratory organs (1.77, 1.07-2.76). Conclusion Healthcare professionals should be aware of the increased risk of SPCs occurring in the mouth/pharynx, respiratory and digestive organs in survivors of EC/GCC. Patients should be advised about this risk and remain alert for symptoms, even beyond the standard 5-year follow-up period.
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- Rayan Nikkilä
- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Päijät-Häme Joint Authority for Health and Wellbeing, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lahti Central Hospital, Lahti, 15850, Finland
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
- Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of General Thoracic and Oesophageal Surgery, Heart and Lung Centre, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Van Hemelrijck WMJ, Martikainen P, Zengarini N, Costa G, Janssen F. The impact of estimation methods for alcohol-attributable mortality on long-term trends for the general population and by educational level in Finland and Italy (Turin). PLoS One 2023; 18:e0295760. [PMID: 38096271 PMCID: PMC10721192 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS This paper assesses the impact of estimation methods for general and education-specific trends in alcohol-attributable mortality (AAM), and develops an alternative method that can be used when the data available for study is limited. METHODS We calculated yearly adult (30+) age-standardised and age-specific AAM rates by sex for the general population and by educational level (low, middle, high) in Finland and Turin (Italy) from 1972 to 2017. Furthermore the slope index of inequality and relative inequality index were computed by country and sex. We compared trends, levels, age distributions, and educational inequalities in AAM according to three existing estimation methods: (1) Underlying COD (UCOD), (2) Multiple COD (MCOD) method, and (3) the population attributable fractions (PAF)-method. An alternative method is developed based on the pros and cons of these methods and the outcomes of the comparison. RESULTS The UCOD and MCOD approaches revealed mainly increasing trends in AAM compared to the declining trends according to the PAF approach. These differences are more pronounced when examining AAM trends by educational groups, particularly for Finnish men. Until age 65, age patterns are similar for all methods, and levels nearly identical for MCOD and PAF in Finland. Our novel method assumes a similar trend and age pattern as observed in UCOD, but adjusts its level upwards so that it matches the level of the PAF approach for ages 30-64. Our new method yields levels in-between UCOD and PAF for Turin (Italy), and resembles the MCOD rates in Finland for females. Relative inequalities deviate for the PAF-method (lower levels) compared to other methods, whereas absolute inequalities are generally lower for UCOD than all three methods that combine wholly and partly AAM. CONCLUSIONS The choice of method to estimate AAM affects not only levels, but also general and education-specific trends and inequalities. Our newly developed method constitutes a better alternative for multiple-country studies by educational level than the currently used UCOD-method when the data available for study is limited to underlying causes of death.
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- Population Research Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Public Health and Microbiology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute(NIDI)-KNAW/University of Groningen, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Population Research Centre, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Paakkola NM, Lindqvist J, Jekunen A, Sihvo E, Johansson M, Andersén H. Impact of sex and age on adherence to guidelines in non-small cell lung cancer management. Cancer Treat Res Commun 2023; 34:100675. [PMID: 36566686 DOI: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2022.100675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Age-related disparities in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment are well known, but few studies have assessed the impact of sex on treatment disparities. Disparities in guideline-adherence may explain the superior survival in women with NSCLC. Therefore, we aimed to define patient- and tumor-related factors associated with non-adherence to guidelines in NSCLC management with a special focus on sex and age. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with NSCLC who received first-line treatment at the Vaasa Central Hospital between 2016 and 2020 were included in the study. The primary outcome was guideline adherence, defined as adherent, undertreatment, or overtreatment considering performance status. A binary logistic regression model was used to calculate the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for non-adherence to treatment guidelines depending on patient- and tumor-related factors. RESULTS 321 patients were included in the study. Non-adherence was highest in ≥75-year-old women (41.3%), followed by ≥75-year-old men (32.6%), <75-year-old men (27.6%) and lowest in women <75-year-old (19.7%) (p = 0.035). Non-adherent care consisted more often of undertreatment in <75-year-old men than women (26.0% versus 12.1%) and overtreatment in <75-year-old women than men (7.6% versus 1.6%). Non-adherence was associated with stage III disease (aOR 2.21; 95% CI 1.07-4.59), poor pulmonary function (aOR 3.69, 95% CI 1.56-8.71), and Charlson Comorbidity Index 1-2 (aOR 2.09; 95% CI 1.09-4.01). CONCLUSION Sex- and age-related disparities in guideline adherence were observed in <75-year-old men and in ≥75-year-olds. Stage III NSCLC was associated with non-adherence.
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- Nelly-Maria Paakkola
- Cancer Clinic, Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland; School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Cancer Clinic, Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland; Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Cancer Clinic, Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland; Oncology Department, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Central Hospital of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Cancer Clinic, Vaasa Central Hospital, Vaasa, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
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Salama E, Castaneda AE, Suvisaari J, Rask S, Laatikainen T, Niemelä S. Substance use, affective symptoms, and suicidal ideation among Russian, Somali, and Kurdish migrants in Finland. Transcult Psychiatry 2022; 59:37-51. [PMID: 32164497 PMCID: PMC8859688 DOI: 10.1177/1363461520906028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Comorbidity of substance use with affective symptoms and suicidality has been well documented in the general population. However, population-based migrant studies about this association are scarce. We examined the association of affective symptoms and suicidal ideation with binge drinking, daily smoking, and lifetime cannabis use among Russian, Somali, and Kurdish migrants in comparison with the Finnish general population. Cross-sectional data from the Finnish Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study (Maamu, n = 1307) and comparison group data of the general Finnish population (n = 860) from the Health 2011 Survey were used. Substance use included self-reported current binge drinking, daily smoking, and lifetime cannabis use. Affective symptoms and suicidal ideation were measured using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25). We performed multivariate logistic regression analyses, including age, gender, and additional socio-demographic and migration-related factors. Suicidal ideation (OR 2.4 95% CI 1.3-4.3) was associated with binge drinking among Kurds and lifetime cannabis use among Russians (OR 5.6, 95% CI 1.9-17.0) and Kurds (OR 5.5, 95% CI 1.9-15.6). Affective symptoms were associated with daily smoking (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.02-2.6) and lifetime cannabis use (OR 6.1, 95% CI 2.6-14.5) among Kurdish migrants. Our results draw attention to the co-occurrence of suicidal ideation, affective symptoms, and substance use, especially among Kurdish migrants. These results highlight the variation of comorbidity of substance use and affective symptoms between the different populations. This implies that screening for substance use in mental healthcare cannot be neglected based on presumed habits of substance use.
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- Essi Salama
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland.,Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland.,Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland.,Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Finland.,Joint municipal authority for North Karelia social and health services (Siun sote), Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Finland.,Addiction Psychiatry Unit, Turku University Hospital, Finland
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Skrzynski CJ, Creswell KG. A systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between solitary drinking and alcohol problems in adults. Addiction 2021; 116:2289-2303. [PMID: 33245590 PMCID: PMC7753695 DOI: 10.1111/add.15355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Solitary drinking in adolescents and young adults is associated with greater risk for alcohol problems, but it is unclear whether this association exists in older demographics. The current paper is the first meta-analysis and systematic review, to our knowledge, to determine whether adult solitary drinking is associated with greater risk for alcohol problems. METHODS PsychINFO, PubMed and Google Scholar were searched following a pre-registered International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) protocol (CRD42019147075) and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology. Following the methodology used in our recent systematic review and meta-analysis on adolescent/young adult solitary drinking, we systematically reviewed solitary drinking measures/definitions, prevalence rates and associated demographic variables in adults. We then meta-analyzed (using random-effects models) associations between adult solitary drinking and alcohol use/problems, negative affect and negative/positive reinforcement-related variables (e.g. drinking to cope or for enhancement). RESULTS Solitary drinking was defined as drinking while physically alone in nearly all studies, but measures varied. Prevalence rates were generally in the 30-40% range, with some exceptions. In general, males were more likely than females to report drinking alone, and married individuals were less likely than unmarried individuals to report drinking alone; racial/ethnic differences were mixed. Meta-analytical results showed significant effects for the associations between solitary drinking and the following factors: alcohol consumption, r = 0.25, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.18, 0.33, k = 15, I2 = 97.41; drinking problems, r = 0.15, 95% CI = 0.10, 0.21, k = 14, I2 = 92.70; and negative reinforcement, r = 0.24, 95% CI = 0.14, 0.32, k = 11, I2 = 89.77; but not positive reinforcement, r = 0.02, 95% CI = 0.06, 0.09, k = 8, I2 = 76.18; or negative affect, r = 0.03, 95% CI = -0.02, 0.08, k = 8, I2 = 52.06. Study quality moderated the association between solitary drinking and negative affect (β = -0.07, P < 0.01) such that lower-quality studies were significantly associated with larger effect sizes. Study quality was generally low; the majority of studies were cross-sectional. CONCLUSIONS Solitary drinking appears to have a small positive association with alcohol problems.
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Mazumder AH, Barnett J, Lindberg N, Torniainen-Holm M, Lähteenvuo M, Lahdensuo K, Kerkelä M, Hietala J, Isometsä ET, Kampman O, Kieseppä T, Jukuri T, Häkkinen K, Cederlöf E, Haaki W, Kajanne R, Wegelius A, Männynsalo T, Niemi-Pynttäri J, Suokas K, Lönnqvist J, Niemelä S, Tiihonen J, Paunio T, Palotie A, Suvisaari J, Veijola J. Reaction Time and Visual Memory in Connection with Alcohol Use in Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11060688. [PMID: 34071123 PMCID: PMC8224767 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11060688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to explore the association between cognition and hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorder in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Cognition is more or less compromised in schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder and alcohol use might aggravate this phenomenon. The study population included 3362 individuals from Finland with diagnoses of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Hazardous drinking was screened with the AUDIT-C (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test for Consumption) screening tool. Alcohol use disorder (AUD) diagnoses were obtained from national registrar data. Participants performed two computerized tasks from the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB) on a tablet computer: The Five-Choice Serial Reaction Time Task (5-CSRTT) or the reaction time (RT) test and the Paired Associative Learning (PAL) test. The association between alcohol use and the RT and PAL tests was analyzed with log-linear regression and logistic regression, respectively. After adjustment for age, education, housing status, and the age at which the respondents had their first psychotic episodes, hazardous drinking was associated with a lower median RT in females and less variable RT in males, while AUD was associated with a poorer PAL test performance in terms of the total errors adjusted scores (TEASs) in females. Our findings of positive associations between alcohol and cognition in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are unique.
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- Atiqul Haq Mazumder
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland; (M.K.); (T.J.); (J.V.)
- Correspondence: or
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- Cambridge Cognition, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB25 9TU, UK;
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- Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland; (N.L.); (E.I.); (T.K.); (A.W.); (T.P.)
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- Mental Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 00271 Helsinki, Finland; (M.T.-H.); (E.C.); (J.L.); (J.S.)
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- Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Niuvanniemi Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, 70240 Kuopio, Finland; (M.L.); (K.H.); (J.T.)
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
- Mehiläinen, Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 17 C, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland; (M.K.); (T.J.); (J.V.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland; (J.H.); (S.N.)
- Department of Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland; (N.L.); (E.I.); (T.K.); (A.W.); (T.P.)
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland;
- Department of Psychiatry, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, 33521 Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland; (N.L.); (E.I.); (T.K.); (A.W.); (T.P.)
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
- Mehiläinen, Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 17 C, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland; (M.K.); (T.J.); (J.V.)
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Niuvanniemi Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, 70240 Kuopio, Finland; (M.L.); (K.H.); (J.T.)
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
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- Mental Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 00271 Helsinki, Finland; (M.T.-H.); (E.C.); (J.L.); (J.S.)
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland; (J.H.); (S.N.)
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland; (N.L.); (E.I.); (T.K.); (A.W.); (T.P.)
- Mental Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 00271 Helsinki, Finland; (M.T.-H.); (E.C.); (J.L.); (J.S.)
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
- Social Services and Health Care Sector, City of Helsinki, 00099 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
- Social Services and Health Care Sector, City of Helsinki, 00099 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland;
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- Mental Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 00271 Helsinki, Finland; (M.T.-H.); (E.C.); (J.L.); (J.S.)
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland; (J.H.); (S.N.)
- Department of Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, 20521 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Niuvanniemi Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, 70240 Kuopio, Finland; (M.L.); (K.H.); (J.T.)
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
- Center for Psychiatry Research, Stockholm City Council, 11364 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland; (N.L.); (E.I.); (T.K.); (A.W.); (T.P.)
- Mental Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 00271 Helsinki, Finland; (M.T.-H.); (E.C.); (J.L.); (J.S.)
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland; (K.L.); (W.H.); (R.K.); (T.M.); (J.N.-P.); (K.S.); (A.P.)
- Mehiläinen, Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 17 C, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
- Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, The Broad Institute of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
- Analytical and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Mental Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), 00271 Helsinki, Finland; (M.T.-H.); (E.C.); (J.L.); (J.S.)
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland; (M.K.); (T.J.); (J.V.)
- Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, 90220 Oulu, Finland
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Gonzalez VM, Halvorsen KAS. Mediational Role of Drinking to Cope in the Associations of Depression and Suicidal Ideation with Solitary Drinking in Adults Seeking Alcohol Treatment. Subst Use Misuse 2021; 56:588-597. [PMID: 33673785 DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1883661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Little research on solitary drinking has focused on clinical samples. Previous research in college students has found that depression, suicidal ideation, and drinking to cope with negative affect are associated with drinking in solitary, but not social, contexts. These associations have not been examined among individuals with alcohol use disorder, despite their high rates of depression and suicidal behavior. METHOD To fill this gap in knowledge, the associations of depression and suicidal ideation with solitary and social drinking were examined among 96 individuals seeking alcohol treatment, the majority of whom had alcohol use disorder (97.9%). Multiple mediation models were conducted to examine the mediating effects of two drinking to cope variables (drinking excessively to cope and coping motives) on the associations of depression and suicidal ideation with drinks per month and heavy episodic drinking in social and solitary contexts. RESULTS Significant indirect effects were found for depression and suicidal ideation with solitary drinking variables through greater drinking excessively to cope. No significant indirect effects were found for social drinking variables. However, a positive direct association was found between suicidal ideation and greater social drinks per month that was not mediated by drinking to cope. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that greater depression or suicidal ideation, through their effect on greater drinking to cope, are associated with greater solitary drinking in a treatment seeking sample. Drinking context should perhaps be considered in alcohol interventions, particularly when treating individuals suffering from depression or suicidal ideation.
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- Vivian M Gonzalez
- Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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Tigerstedt C, Makela P, Karlsson T, Härkönen J, Lintonen T, Warpenius K. Change and continuity in Finnish drinking in the 21st century. NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 2020; 37:609-618. [PMID: 35308648 PMCID: PMC8899280 DOI: 10.1177/1455072520954324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Aim Alcohol consumption and policy in Finland have undergone a variety of changes in the two last decades. In several cases, trends in both consumption and policy have shifted direction when moving from the first decade of the 21st century to the second one. The aim of the overview is to summarise the trends. Data The overview draws on results primarily from the cross-sectional Finnish Drinking Habits Survey (FDHS) in 2000, 2008 and 2016, and also from the whole series including altogether seven separate data collections carried out every eight years from 1968 to 2016 and mainly covering Finns aged 15-69 years. Response rates show a falling trend (78% in 2000, 74% in 2008 and 60% in 2016). The overview also makes use of data collected within the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) and, for the elderly, the National FinSote study carried out by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). Results After an all-time high of 12.7 litres of pure alcohol per capita 15 years and over in 2007, total consumption of alcohol had decreased by 21% by the year 2019. Underage drinking has decreased ever since the millennium shift. Older people's drinking has continued increasing or levelled out. Along with reduced total consumption, heavy episodic drinking (HED) has also decreased, but the differences between manual and white-collar workers in HED have continued to grow. Drinking alcoholic beverages with meals has also declined since 2008. Liberal and restrictive alcohol policy measures have alternated. Conclusions Finnish drinking culture seems to change at a slow pace; several typical drinking habits have remained unchanged.
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- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki, Finland
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Tigerstedt C, Agahi N, K Bye E, Ekholm O, Härkönen J, Jensen HR, Lau CJ, Makela P, Moan IS, Parikka S, Raninen J, Vilkko A, Bloomfield K. Comparing older people's drinking habits in four Nordic countries: Summary of the thematic issue. NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 2020; 37:434-443. [PMID: 35310771 PMCID: PMC8899063 DOI: 10.1177/1455072520954326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Aim The present article summarises status and trends in the 21st century in older people's (60-79 years) drinking behaviour in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and concludes this thematic issue. Each country provided a detailed report analysing four indicators of alcohol use: the prevalence of alcohol consumers, the prevalence of frequent use, typical amounts of use, and the prevalence of heavy episodic drinking (HED). The specific aim of this article is to compare the results of the country reports. Findings Older people's drinking became more common first in Denmark in the 1970s and then in the other countries by the 1980s. Since 2000 the picture is mixed. Denmark showed decreases in drinking frequency, typically consumed amounts and HED, while in Sweden upward trends were dominant regarding prevalence of consumers and frequency of drinking as well as HED. Finland and Norway displayed both stable indicators except for drinking frequency and proportion of women consumers where trends increased. In all four countries, the gender gap diminished with regard to prevalence and frequency of drinking, but remained stable in regard to consuming large amounts. In Norway the share of alcohol consumers among women aged 60-69 years exceeded the share among men. During the late 2010s, Denmark had the highest prevalence of alcohol consumers as well as the highest proportion drinking at a higher frequency. Next in ranking was Finland, followed by Sweden and Norway. This overall rank ordering was observed for both men and women. Conclusion As the populations aged 60 years and older in the Nordic countries continue to grow, explanations for the drivers and consequences of changes in older people's drinking will become an increasingly relevant topic for future research. Importantly, people aged 80 years and older should also be included as an integral part of that research.
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- Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Norwegian Institute of Public
Health, Oslo, Norway
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- National Institute
of Public Health, University of Southern
Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Finnish Institute
for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute of Public Health, University of
Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Clinical Research and
Prevention, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, The Capital
Region, Denmark
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- Finnish Institute for Health and
Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Institute for Health and
Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Swedish council for information on
alcohol and other drugs, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus
University, Denmark
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Rossow I, Træen B. Alcohol use among older adults: A comparative study across four European countries. NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 2020; 37:526-543. [PMID: 35308653 PMCID: PMC8899285 DOI: 10.1177/1455072520954335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Aims: (i) To examine whether mean consumption and prevalence of at-risk drinking are highly correlated across samples of older adults, and (ii) to explore whether sociodemographic and health characteristics of alcohol use differ across countries. Method: Cross-sectional surveys were conducted in four European countries, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, and Portugal, applying identical data collection methods and survey instruments in general population samples of older adults aged 60 to 75 years. Alcohol consumption was measured as units of alcohol per week, which provided the basis for categorising the two outcome measures: abstention (0 units/week) and at-risk drinking (8+ units/week). Cross-tabulations and logistic regression models were estimated to examine associations between sociodemographic and health characteristics on the one hand and alcohol abstention and at-risk drinking on the other. Results: Prevalence of abstention was highest in Portugal and lowest in Denmark, whereas at-risk drinking was more prevalent in Denmark and Belgium compared to Norway and Portugal. Among country- and gender-specific samples of drinkers, there was a strong positive correlation between mean consumption and prevalence of at-risk drinkers. Female gender characterised abstention, whereas male gender characterised at-risk drinking in all four countries. Other sociodemographic characteristics and indicators of health and wellbeing were differently associated with abstention and at-risk drinking across the four countries. Conclusions: A strong regularity in the distribution of alcohol consumption was observed in the samples of older adults. Gender was the only common factor associated with drinking behaviour across the four countries.
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Zasimova L, Kolosnitsyna M. Exploring the relationship between drinking preferences and recorded and unrecorded alcohol consumption in Russian regions in 2010-2016. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2020; 82:102810. [PMID: 32535540 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND In recent years, Russia has seen a decline in alcohol consumption per capita (APC) accompanied by a significant reduction in the share of spirits in total APC. Our aim was to investigate regional variation in alcohol consumption and the association between the share of spirits in APC, and recorded and unrecorded APC. METHODS Data on recorded APC were taken from Rosstat. Our estimates on unrecorded APC were based on the guidelines of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and data on alcoholic psychoses and mortality from external causes (546 observations for 78 regions from 2010 to 2016). We estimated fixed effects models with the dependent variables of recorded and unrecorded APC of the population 15+. Independent variables included share of spirits in recorded APC, vodka prices, average income, duration of alcohol sales hours, and others. RESULTS During the 2010-2016 period, recorded APC varied by regions from 1.1 to 17.8 litres; unrecorded - from almost zero to 21 litres; the share of spirits in recorded APC - from 20.6% to 89.3%. A 1% increase in the share of spirits was attributed to a 0.2% increase in recorded APC and to a 2.1% increase in unrecorded APC. Various factors were related to regional APC: vodka prices (with elasticity coefficient -0.46 for recorded and 1.67 for unrecorded APC); income (0.23 for recorded and -2.23 for unrecorded APC); duration of sales hours (-0.9 for unrecorded APC); and shares of working age and of urban population. CONCLUSION Taking into account a strong correlation between the share of spirits in the recorded APC and consumption of recorded and unrecorded APC, the price of spirits should be increased. In the regions with pronounced preference for spirits, stricter availability restrictions on the alcohol sales are needed, along with strict control of shadow markets.
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- Liudmila Zasimova
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). Moscow, Russia.
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- Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). Moscow, Russia
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- Sohrab Amiri
- Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Lifestyle Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Scheffels J, Moan IS, Simonen J, Tigerstedt C. Frightening or Foolish? Gendered Perceptions of Public Intoxication Among Youths and Adults in Norway and Finland. Subst Use Misuse 2020; 55:79-88. [PMID: 31474173 DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1656253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Background: What people define as acceptable alcohol use may differ between social situations and depend upon on who is drinking as well as who is evaluating the situation. Objective: The aim of the study was to explore how Norwegian and Finnish youth and adults perceived the acceptability of situations involving public intoxication and how gender and alcohol's harm to others were made relevant in their reflections. Methods: We conducted eight focus groups among adolescents (N = 44) and eight among adults (N = 38), using photos and stories of drinking situations as stimuli for the discussions. Results: Youths' and adults' perceptions of public intoxication were characterized by ambivalence: negative evaluations were often nuanced and negotiated while positive evaluations typically were followed up with reservations. To some extent, their evaluations depended upon the gender and age of the drinker. Although a norm of gender equality was emphasized, women were typically criticized for their looks and for foolish behavior when drunk, while drunk men were often perceived as frightening. Age was a prominent dimension in evaluations of the acceptability of women's alcohol use, while it was seldom mentioned when discussing intoxicated men. Youths seemed to have somewhat more restrictive attitudes towards public intoxication than adults, reflecting perhaps how they related to the situations with more general conceptions of drinking and harms from drinking, picked up from public debate or from school. Conclusion: Perceptions of alcohol's harm to others were clearly gendered, in that intoxicated men were seen as frightening while women were seen as foolish.
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- Janne Scheffels
- Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Li J, Wu B, Tevik K, Krokstad S, Helvik AS. Factors associated with elevated consumption of alcohol in older adults-comparison between China and Norway: the CLHLS and the HUNT Study. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e028646. [PMID: 31377703 PMCID: PMC6687031 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The primary objective was to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with elevated alcohol consumption among older adults 65 years and above in China and Norway. The secondary objective was to compare the prevalence and factors in the two countries. DESIGN A secondary data analysis was conducted using two large cross-sectional studies (Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey data in 2008-2009 and Nord-Trøndelag Health Study data in 2006-2008). PARTICIPANTS A total of 3223 (weighted) Chinese older adults and 6210 Norwegian older adults who responded drinking alcohol were included in the analysis. OUTCOME MEASURES The dependent variable was elevated alcohol consumption, which was calculated as a ratio of those with elevated drinking among current drinkers. Multivariable logistic regression was used to test the dependent variable. RESULTS The prevalence of elevated alcohol consumption among current drinkers for the Chinese and Norwegian samples were 78.3% (weighted) and 5.1%, respectively. Being male was related to a higher likelihood of elevated alcohol consumption in both Chinese and Norwegian samples (OR=2.729, 95% CI 2.124 to 3.506, OR=2.638, 95% CI 1.942 to 3.585). Being older, with higher levels of education and a living spouse or partner were less likely to have elevated drinking in the Chinese sample (OR=0.497, 95% CI 0.312 to 0.794, OR=0.411, 95% CI 0.260 to 0.649, OR=0.533, 95% CI 0.417 to 0.682, respectively). Among Norwegian older adults, a higher level of education was related to higher likelihood of elevated drinking (OR=1.503, 95% CI 1.092 to 2.069, OR=3.020, 95% CI 2.185 to 4.175). Living in rural areas and higher life satisfaction were related to lower likelihood of elevated drinking in the Norwegian sample (OR=0.739, 95% CI 0.554 to 0.984, OR=0.844, 95% CI 0.729 to 0.977, respectively). CONCLUSIONS The elevated alcohol consumption patterns were strikingly different between China and Norway in regards to prevalence and socioeconomic distribution. To develop and implement culturally appropriate public health policies regarding alcohol in the future, public health policy makers and professionals need to be aware of the cultural differences and consider the demographic, social and economic characteristics of their intended population.
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- Juan Li
- School of Nursing, Clinic Nursing Department, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York City, New York, USA
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- Norwegian Advisory unit on Ageing and Health, Sykehuset i Vestfold HF, Tonsberg, Norway
- General Practice Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Trondheim, Norway
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- General Practice Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Trondheim, Norway
- HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Levanger, Norway
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- Norwegian Advisory unit on Ageing and Health, Sykehuset i Vestfold HF, Tonsberg, Norway
- General Practice Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Trondheim, Norway
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Thørrisen MM, Bonsaksen T, Hashemi N, Kjeken I, van Mechelen W, Aas RW. Association between alcohol consumption and impaired work performance (presenteeism): a systematic review. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e029184. [PMID: 31315869 PMCID: PMC6661906 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this review was to explore the notion of alcohol-related presenteeism; that is, whether evidence in the research literature supports an association between employee alcohol consumption and impaired work performance. DESIGN Systematic review of observational studies. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, Web of Science, PsycINFO, CINAHL, AMED, Embase and Swemed+ were searched through October 2018. Reference lists in included studies were hand searched for potential relevant studies. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA We included observational studies, published 1990 or later as full-text empirical articles in peer-reviewed journals in English or a Scandinavian language, containing one or more statistical tests regarding a relationship between a measure of alcohol consumption and a measure of work performance. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS Two independent reviewers extracted data. Tested associations between alcohol consumption and work performance within the included studies were quality assessed and analysed with frequency tables, cross-tabulations and χ2 tests of independence. RESULTS Twenty-six studies were included, containing 132 tested associations. The vast majority of associations (77%) indicated that higher levels of alcohol consumption were associated with higher levels of impaired work performance, and these positive associations were considerably more likely than negative associations to be statistically significant (OR=14.00, phi=0.37, p<0.001). Alcohol exposure measured by hangover episodes and composite instruments were over-represented among significant positive associations of moderate and high quality (15 of 17 associations). Overall, 61% of the associations were characterised by low quality. CONCLUSIONS Evidence does provide some support for the notion of alcohol-related presenteeism. However, due to low research quality and lack of longitudinal designs, evidence should be characterised as somewhat inconclusive. More robust and less heterogeneous research is warranted. This review, however, does provide support for targeting alcohol consumption within the frame of workplace interventions aimed at improving employee health and productivity. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42017059620.
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- Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen
- Department of Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Health Sciences, VID Specialized University, Sandnes, Norway
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
- National Advisory Unit on Rehabilitation in Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Department of Public and Occupational Health and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Center of Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
- Presenter - Making Sense of Science, Stavanger, Norway
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Törrönen J. Safe, funny and frightening drinking situations from children's viewpoint: Comparing recalled childhood stories about others' drinking in Scandinavia. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2019; 67:34-42. [PMID: 30877844 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The article analyzes retrospective childhood stories related to others' drinking (N = 336). The stories have been told in a focus group context in Finland and Sweden. Hence, they are stories about the past that have been constructed in the present. The retrospective childhood stories are analyzed from the perspective of emotions, seen as relational and situational sociocultural constructions, by paying attention to what kind of contact and emotional responses children develop to others' drinking in specific situations. The analysis demonstrates how in an intoxicated-oriented drinking culture the presence of alcohol may signify something outside the bounds of everyday life, in the case of which children develop an ambiguous contact with drinking in which many kinds of positive or negative emotions can emerge, such as love, fun, fear, shame or curiosity. In the Finnish narratives, children's emotional socialization to drinking is regulated by situations of heavy domestic drinking, festive drinking and moderate routine drinking at home. In the Swedish narratives, children's emotional socialization to drinking is governed by festive situations, moderate routine drinking at home and meal drinking. Fear dominates the Finnish participants' recalled childhood stories, whereas fun is the most common emotion in the stories from Sweden. The differences between Finnish and Swedish emotions recalled from childhood in relation to drinking may reflect differences in these culture's drinking practices and/or social interaction norms. The article demonstrates how adults' childhood memories on drinking provide an important 'indirect' source to get knowledge on children's ways of experiencing and responding to others' drinking in various situations.
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- Jukka Törrönen
- Department of Public Health Sciences/ SoRAD, Stockholm University, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden(1).
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Thørrisen MM, Skogen JC, Aas RW. The associations between employees' risky drinking and sociodemographics, and implications for intervention needs. BMC Public Health 2018; 18:735. [PMID: 29898703 PMCID: PMC6000943 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5660-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Harmful alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for ill-health on an individual level, a global public health challenge, and associated with workplace productivity loss. This study aimed to explore the proportion of risky drinkers in a sample of employees, investigate sociodemographic associations with risky drinking, and examine implications for intervention needs, according to recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO). Methods In a cross-sectional design, sociodemographic data were collected from Norwegian employees in 14 companies (n = 3571) across sectors and branches. Risky drinking was measured with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). The threshold for risky drinking was set at ≥8 scores on the AUDIT. Based on WHO guidelines, risky drinkers were divided into three risk categories (moderate risk: scores 8–15, high risk: scores 16–19, and dependence likely risk: scores 20–40). The association between sociodemographic variables and risky drinking were explored with chi square tests for independence and adjusted logistic regression. The risk groups were then examined according to the WHO intervention recommendations. Results 11.0% of the total sample reported risky drinking. Risky drinking was associated with male gender (OR = 2.97, p < .001), younger age (OR = 1.03, p < .001), low education (OR = 1.17, p < .05), being unmarried (OR = 1.38, p < .05) and not having children (OR = 1.62, p < .05). Risky drinking was most common among males without children (33.5%), males living alone (31.4%) and males aged ≤39 (26.5%). 94.6% of risky drinkers scored within the lowest risk category. Based on WHO guidelines, approximately one out of ten employees need simple advice, targeting risky drinking. In high-risk groups, one out of three employees need interventions. Conclusions A considerable amount of employees (one to three out of ten), particularly young, unmarried males without children and higher education, may be characterised as risky drinkers. This group may benefit from low-cost interventions, based on recommendations from the WHO guidelines.
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- Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, St. Olavs plass, NO-0130, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.,Center for Alcohol & Drug Research Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, St. Olavs plass, NO-0130, Oslo, Norway.,Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.,Presenter - Making Sense of Science, Stavanger, Norway
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Salama E, Niemelä S, Suvisaari J, Laatikainen T, Koponen P, Castaneda AE. The prevalence of substance use among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland: a population-based study. BMC Public Health 2018; 18:651. [PMID: 29788931 PMCID: PMC5964663 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5564-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Substance use is a well-known public health problem, but population-based research on migrants’ substance use in Europe is limited. Factors related to the cultural background and current life situation might influence substance use among migrants. Here, the prevalence of substance use in Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland is reported in comparison with the general population, and the associations between substance use and socio-economic and migration-related background factors among migrants are analysed. Methods Cross-sectional data from the Finnish Migrant Health and Wellbeing Study (Maamu) and comparison group data of the general Finnish population (n = 1165) from the Health 2011 Survey were used. The survey participants were of Russian (n = 702), Somali (n = 512), and Kurdish (n = 632) origin. Substance use included self-reported alcohol use within previous 12 months (AUDIT-C questionnaire), current and lifetime daily smoking and lifetime use of cannabis and intravenous drugs. Results Binge drinking was less prevalent among all migrant groups than in the general Finnish population (Russian men 65%, p < 0.01; Russian women 30%, p < 0.01, Somali men 2%, p < 0.01, Kurdish men 27%, p < 0.01, Kurdish women 6%, p < 0.01, general population men 87% and women 72%). Current daily smoking was more prevalent among Russian (28%, p = 0.04) and Kurdish (29%, p < 0.01) migrant men compared with the reference group (20%). Younger age and employment were associated with binge drinking among migrants. Socio-economic disadvantage increased the odds for daily smoking in Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrant men. Several migration-related factors, such as age at migration and language proficiency, were associated with substance use. Conclusions Binge drinking is less common among migrants than in the Finnish general population. However, current daily smoking was more prevalent among Russian and Kurdish migrant men compared with the general population. Younger age, level of education, employment, duration of residence in Finland and language proficiency were associated with binge drinking and daily smoking with varying patterns of association depending on the migrant group and gender. These findings draw attention to the variation in substance use habits among migrant populations.
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- Essi Salama
- Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, FI-20520, Turku, Finland. .,Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Building 10, Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8, FI-20521, Turku, Finland.
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- Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oulu, P.O.Box 8000, FI-90014 University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), P.O. Box 30, FI-00271, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), P.O. Box 30, FI-00271, Helsinki, Finland.,Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211, Kuopio, Finland.,Joint municipal authority for North Karelia social and health services, Tikkamäentie 16, 80210, Joensuu, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), P.O. Box 30, FI-00271, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), P.O. Box 30, FI-00271, Helsinki, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, P.O. Box 63, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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Milic J, Glisic M, Voortman T, Borba LP, Asllanaj E, Rojas LZ, Troup J, Kiefte-de Jong JC, van Beeck E, Muka T, Franco OH. Menopause, ageing, and alcohol use disorders in women. Maturitas 2018; 111:100-109. [DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Kopra J, Mäkelä P, Tolonen H, Jousilahti P, Karvanen J. Follow-Up Data Improve the Estimation of the Prevalence of Heavy Alcohol Consumption. Alcohol Alcohol 2018; 53:586-596. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agy019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Juho Kopra
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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Trias-Llimós S, Martikainen P, Mäkelä P, Janssen F. Comparison of different approaches for estimating age-specific alcohol-attributable mortality: The cases of France and Finland. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0194478. [PMID: 29566081 PMCID: PMC5864025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Accurate estimates of the impact of alcohol on overall and age-specific mortality are crucial for formulating health policies. However, different approaches to estimating alcohol-attributable mortality provide different results, and a detailed comparison of age-specific estimates is missing. Methods Using data on cause of death, alcohol consumption, and relative risks of mortality at different consumption levels, we compare eight estimates of sex- and age-specific alcohol-attributable mortality in France (2010) and Finland (2013): five estimates using cause-of-death approaches (with one accounting for contributory causes), and three estimates using attributable fraction (AF) approaches. Results AF-related approaches and the approach based on alcohol-related underlying and contributory causes of death provided estimates of alcohol-attributable mortality that were twice as high as the estimates found using underlying cause-of-death approaches in both countries and sexes. The differences across the methods were greatest among older age groups An inverse U-shape in age-specific alcohol-attributable mortality (peaking at around age 65) was observed for cause-of-death approaches, with this shape being more pronounced in Finland. AF-related approaches resulted in different estimates at older ages: i.e., mortality was found to increase with age in France; whereas in Finland mortality estimates depended on the underlying assumptions regarding the effects of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular mortality. Conclusions While the most detailed approaches (i.e., the AF-related approach and the approach that includes underlying and contributory causes) are theoretically able to provide more accurate estimates of alcohol-attributable mortality, they–especially the AF approaches- depend heavily on data availability and quality. To enhance the reliability of alcohol-attributable mortality estimates, data quality for older age groups needs to be improved.
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- Sergi Trias-Llimós
- Population Research Centre, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Population Research Unit, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
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- Alcohol, Drugs and Addictions Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Population Research Centre, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Bujalski M, Hellman M, Moskalewicz J, Beccaria F, Rolando S. Depoliticising addiction: Who gets to speak in European press reporting, 1991-2011? NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 2018; 35:52-68. [PMID: 32934513 PMCID: PMC7434119 DOI: 10.1177/1455072517753558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Aims The article presents an analysis of sources of information employed in mainstream print media reporting on addiction problems in Finland, Italy and Poland in the 1990s and 2000s. Method A quantitative content analysis of frequency of different sources employed in articles in daily newspapers from Finland (N = 258), Italy (N = 296), and Poland (N = 212) from the years 1991, 1998 and 2011. Semantic units were coded in Atlas.ti. The societal spheres represented were identified using a common coding scheme broadly inspired by Boltanski and Thévenot's typology of polities of worth. Transformations were identified in line with van Leeuwen's framework for trends in discourse salience over time. Results The study highlights different patterns of coverage of addictions in the three countries. Over time, increased salience is given to the individuals affected by addictions and experts who represent biomedical sciences. This process occurred with varying intensity and expressiveness in all countries under study. Conclusions Social and political sources were employed to less extent over time. The media focus seemed to shift to the affected individuals and scientific expertise. This confirms results from previous studies on a general move towards individualisation and an increased focus on more personal and technical aspects of addiction problems in the mass media.
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- Eclectica Institute for Training and Research, Turin, Italy
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Åberg F, Helenius-Hietala J, Puukka P, Jula A. Binge drinking and the risk of liver events: A population-based cohort study. Liver Int 2017; 37:1373-1381. [PMID: 28276137 DOI: 10.1111/liv.13408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Binge drinking or heavy episodic drinking is increasingly prevalent, but the health effects are incompletely understood. We investigated whether binge drinking increases the risk for liver disease above and beyond the risk due to average alcohol consumption. METHODS 6366 subjects without baseline liver disease who participated in the Finnish population-based Health 2000 Study (2000-2001), a nationally representative cohort. Follow-up data from national registers until 2013 were analysed for liver-related admissions, mortality and liver cancer. Binge drinking (≥5 drinks per occasion, standard drink 12 g ethanol) was categorised as weekly, monthly, or as less often or none. Multiple confounders were considered. RESULTS Eighty-four subjects developed decompensated liver disease. Binge drinking frequency showed a direct association with liver-disease risk after adjustment for average daily alcohol intake and age. After adjustment, the hazard ratios (HRs) for weekly and monthly binge drinking were 3.45 (P=.001) and 2.26 (P=.007) and were higher after excluding regular heavy drinkers. The HR for weekly binging was 6.82 (P=.02) in women; 2.34 (P=.03) in men; and 4.29 (P=.001) in subjects with the metabolic syndrome. Weekly binge drinking and the metabolic syndrome produced supra-additive increases in the risk of decompensated liver disease. Weekly, and to a lesser extent monthly, binging retained significance in sequential multivariate models that additionally adjusted for beverage preference and lifestyle, metabolic, and socioeconomic factors. CONCLUSIONS Binge drinking is associated with an increased risk for liver disease independently of average alcohol intake and confounders. The rising prevalence of binge drinking and the metabolic syndrome is particularly concerning.
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- Fredrik Åberg
- Transplantation and Liver Surgery Clinic, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku, Finland
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Socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol consumption in Chile and Finland. Drug Alcohol Depend 2017; 173:24-30. [PMID: 28189032 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Revised: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reasons for socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol harm are not sufficiently understood. One explanation relates to differential exposure to alcohol by socioeconomic status (SES). The present study investigated socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol use in two countries with high alcohol consumption and alcohol harm. METHODS Data from nationally representative surveys in 2009-2010 in Chile and in 2008-2011 in Finland were used. Surveys comprised 3477 participants in Chile and 9994 in Finland aged 30-64 years. Outcome measures included abstinence, weekly consumption of pure alcohol, heavy volume drinking and heavy episodic drinking (HED). We employed a novel method in alcohol research, the concentration index, to measure socioeconomic inequalities. RESULTS Alcohol abstinence showed a strong association with lower SES in Chile and Finland. These were largely driven by inequalities among women in Chile and older subgroups in Finland. In both countries, women aged 45-64 of higher SES showed higher weekly consumption of pure alcohol and heavy volume drinking. Heavy volume drinking among Chilean women aged 45-64 showed the highest inequality, favouring higher SES. HED was equally distributed among SES groups in Chile; in Finland HED disproportionally affected lower SES groups. CONCLUSIONS Lower SES was associated with higher abstinence rates in both countries and heavy episodic drinking in Finland. Heavy volume drinking was more prevalent in middle-aged women of high SES. The results identified groups for targeted interventions, including middle-aged higher SES women, who traditionally have not been specifically targeted. The concentration index could be a useful measure of inequalities in alcohol use.
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Raitasalo K, Holmila M. Parental substance abuse and risks to children’s safety, health and psychological development. DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2016.1232371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Alcohol and Drugs, Helsinki, Finland
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Oksanen A, Kokkonen H. Consumption of Wine with Meals and Subjective Well-being: A Finnish Population-Based Study. Alcohol Alcohol 2016; 51:716-722. [PMID: 27015691 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agw016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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AIMS To examine in the general population the association of regular consumption of wine with meals, subjective well-being and risky drinking. METHODS A random sample of Finnish people aged 18-69 ('Finnish Drinking Habits Survey 2008', n = 2591, response rate 74%) were interviewed regarding psychological distress, self-efficacy, self-perceived health, uncontrolled drinking, negative events during drinking, hazardous drinking and consumption of alcohol. The analysis focused on comparison of those who drank wine at least once a week versus more seldom. Regression models adjusted for social determinants, smoking and chronic illness. RESULTS Twelve percent of Finnish adults drank wine with meals at least once a week. Drinking wine with meals was an urban phenomenon and associated with higher socioeconomic status. Regular wine with meal drinkers reported better health, higher self-efficacy and less psychological distress than others even when various confounders were adjusted for. They also reported more risky drinking and higher yearly consumption than other alcohol consumers. Especially those who drank both wine and beer during meals had higher rates of risky drinking. Those restricting themselves to only wine with meals reported less hazardous drinking than the general population. CONCLUSION Consumption of wine with meals was associated with high socioeconomic status and high subjective well-being. Risky drinking was prevalent among wine with meal drinkers, but only among those who drank both wine and beer with meals. Potential unknown confounders may exist, but the results underline a link between subjective well-being and drinking wine with meals.
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- Atte Oksanen
- School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Home Economics, Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Radaev V. Divergent drinking patterns and factors affecting homemade alcohol consumption (the case of Russia). THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2016; 34:88-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mustonen H, Mäkelä P, Lintonen T. Situational drinking in private and public locations: A multilevel analysis of blood alcohol level in Finnish drinking occasions. Drug Alcohol Rev 2016; 35:772-784. [DOI: 10.1111/dar.12432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Heli Mustonen
- Alcohol and Drugs Unit, Department of Health; National Institute for Health and Welfare THL; Helsinki Finland
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- Alcohol and Drugs Unit, Department of Health; National Institute for Health and Welfare THL; Helsinki Finland
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- The Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies; Helsinki Finland
- School of Health Sciences; University of Tampere; Tampere Finland
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Savic M, Room R, Mugavin J, Pennay A, Livingston M. Defining “drinking culture”: A critical review of its meaning and connotation in social research on alcohol problems. DRUGS-EDUCATION PREVENTION AND POLICY 2016. [DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2016.1153602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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McCartney G, Bouttell J, Craig N, Craig P, Graham L, Lakha F, Lewsey J, McAdams R, MacPherson M, Minton J, Parkinson J, Robinson M, Shipton D, Taulbut M, Walsh D, Beeston C. Explaining trends in alcohol-related harms in Scotland 1991-2011 (II): policy, social norms, the alcohol market, clinical changes and a synthesis. Public Health 2016; 132:24-32. [PMID: 26921977 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To provide a basis for evaluating post-2007 alcohol policy in Scotland, this paper tests the extent to which pre-2007 policy, the alcohol market, culture or clinical changes might explain differences in the magnitude and trends in alcohol-related mortality outcomes in Scotland compared to England & Wales (E&W). STUDY DESIGN Rapid literature reviews, descriptive analysis of routine data and narrative synthesis. METHODS We assessed the impact of pre-2007 Scottish policy and policy in the comparison areas in relation to the literature on effective alcohol policy. Rapid literature reviews were conducted to assess cultural changes and the potential role of substitution effects between alcohol and illicit drugs. The availability of alcohol was assessed by examining the trends in the number of alcohol outlets over time. The impact of clinical changes was assessed in consultation with key informants. The impact of all the identified factors were then summarised and synthesised narratively. RESULTS The companion paper showed that part of the rise and fall in alcohol-related mortality in Scotland, and part of the differing trend to E&W, were predicted by a model linking income trends and alcohol-related mortality. Lagged effects from historical deindustrialisation and socio-economic changes exposures also remain plausible from the available data. This paper shows that policy differences or changes prior to 2007 are unlikely to have been important in explaining the trends. There is some evidence that aspects of alcohol culture in Scotland may be different (more concentrated and home drinking) but it seems unlikely that this has been an important driver of the trends or the differences with E&W other than through interaction with changing incomes and lagged socio-economic effects. Substitution effects with illicit drugs and clinical changes are unlikely to have substantially changed alcohol-related harms: however, the increase in alcohol availability across the UK is likely to partly explain the rise in alcohol-related mortality during the 1990s. CONCLUSIONS Future policy should ensure that alcohol affordability and availability, as well as socio-economic inequality, are reduced, in order to maintain downward trends in alcohol-related mortality in Scotland.
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- G McCartney
- NHS Health Scotland, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6QE, United Kingdom.
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- Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, United Kingdom.
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- NHS Health Scotland, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6QE, United Kingdom.
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- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Top Floor, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3QB, United Kingdom.
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- Public Health and Intelligence, NHS National Services Scotland, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9EB, United Kingdom.
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- NHS Lothian, Waverley Gate, 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EG, United Kingdom.
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- Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, United Kingdom.
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- NHS Health Scotland, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6QE, United Kingdom.
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- NHS Health Scotland, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6QE, United Kingdom.
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- Urban Studies, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, 25 Bute Gardens, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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- NHS Health Scotland, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6QE, United Kingdom.
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- NHS Health Scotland, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6QE, United Kingdom.
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- NHS Health Scotland, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6QE, United Kingdom.
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- NHS Health Scotland, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6QE, United Kingdom.
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- Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Olympia Building, Bridgeton Cross, Glasgow, G40 2QH, United Kingdom.
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- NHS Health Scotland, Meridian Court, 5 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 6QE, United Kingdom.
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Vladimirov D, Niemelä S, Auvinen J, Timonen M, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Ala-Mursula L, Laitinen J, Miettunen J. Changes in alcohol use in relation to sociodemographic factors in early midlife. Scand J Public Health 2015; 44:249-57. [PMID: 26685194 DOI: 10.1177/1403494815622088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe changes in alcohol use in relation to employment, education and relationship statuses in a general population sample in early midlife using prospective birth cohort data. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (N=5621) alcohol use was studied in participants at two time points: ages 31 and 46. The total mean consumption was calculated and participants were classified into steady drinkers, increasers and reducers based on the change in consumption between the ages of 31 and 46. Multinomial regression analysis was conducted with changes in employment and relationship statuses. RESULTS Daily alcohol consumption rose by 30% for men and 40% for women. Persons who were unemployed, single or had a low level of education consumed most. Of the alcohol users, 70% were classified as steady drinkers, 10% as reducers and 20% as increasers. For men, leaving a relationship (odds ratio, OR 1.5; 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.0-2.1) predicted increased alcohol use. The predictors of reducing consumption were entering a relationship for men (OR 1.9; 95% CI: 1.2-2.9) and women (OR 1.9; 95% CI: 1.1-3.1), and leaving a relationship (OR 2.6; 95% CI: 1.6-4.3) for women. CONCLUSIONS Alcohol consumption among Finns of northern origin does not seem to decline with age. Alcohol usage is fairly stable in the majority of middle-aged people. A substantial proportion of alcohol users engage in either binge or heavy drinking. Gender differences in predictors exist-- changes in relationship status predict a reduction in alcohol usage in women, whereas in men, divorce predicts an increase in usage.
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- Daniel Vladimirov
- Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, Finland Department of Psychiatry, Lapland Hospital District, Finland
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- Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland Unit of Primary Care, Oulu University Hospital, Finland
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- Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland Unit of Primary Care, Oulu University Hospital, Finland
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- Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Finland
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Kanamüller J, Riipinen P, Riala K, Paloneva E, Hakko H. Hanging suicides in northern Finland: A descriptive epidemiological study. DEATH STUDIES 2015; 40:205-210. [PMID: 26681439 DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2015.1117537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The authors examined all hanging-suicides during 1988-2013 (N = 851) in the province of Oulu, northern Finland. Using death-certificate data and ICD-diagnoses from the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register, we focused on gender differences in suicide, mental health, and somatic health. Male victims were more likely to have intoxication or problematic alcohol use; female victims were more likely to have somatic or mental hospitalization. Previous physical or mental hospitalization was related with absence of intoxication at the time of suicide. Suicide prevention should focus on acute alcohol abuse in the presence of acute stressors, suicidal thoughts and mental illness.
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- Juha Kanamüller
- a Department of Psychiatry , Oulu University Hospital , Oulu , Finland
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- b Department of Psychiatry , University of Oulu , Oulu , Finland
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- a Department of Psychiatry , Oulu University Hospital , Oulu , Finland
- c Department of Adolescent Psychiatry , Helsinki University Central Hospital , Helsinki , Finland
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- a Department of Psychiatry , Oulu University Hospital , Oulu , Finland
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- a Department of Psychiatry , Oulu University Hospital , Oulu , Finland
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Ranta J, Raitasalo K. Disorders of cognitive and emotional development in children of mothers with substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. NORDIC STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 2015. [DOI: 10.1515/nsad-2015-0056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Aims The aim of this study was to investigate whether the mother's substance abuse, psychiatric problems and socioeconomic situation are related to 1) disorders of psychological development, 2) behavioural and emotional disorders, and 3) mood disorders and neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders in children aged 0–12 years. Data & Methods The research is based on data on all children born in Finland in 1997 who have not died before their first birthday (n=58 761). These children were followed until their 12th birthday. Information from national registers covering health and social care, education, relationship status, age and receipt of income support were analysed using cross-tabulation with χ2-tests and logistic regression analysis. Results Based on the register data of children, 1.4% (n = 798) had a mother with substance abuse problems only, 3.2% (n = 1854) had a mother with psychiatric disorders only, and 1.1% (n = 652) had a mother with both substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. Among children with mothers with substance abuse, psychiatric disorders or both, the risks of all categories of psychiatric diseases studied were significantly higher than in the comparison group. It was a bigger risk for the child to have a mother with both substance abuse and psychiatric disorders than either of these alone. Conclusion The mother's substance abuse and her other psychiatric disorders are significant risk factors for her children's psychiatric development, even when the socioeconomic factors are taken into account. Children of mothers with both substance abuse and psychiatric disorders are at a particularly high risk.
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- Jussi Ranta
- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) Finland
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Kraus L, Østhus S, Amundsen EJ, Piontek D, Härkönen J, Legleye S, Bloomfield K, Mäkelä P, Landberg J, Törrönen J. Changes in mortality due to major alcohol-related diseases in four Nordic countries, France and Germany between 1980 and 2009: a comparative age-period-cohort analysis. Addiction 2015; 110:1443-52. [PMID: 25988372 DOI: 10.1111/add.12989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Revised: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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AIMS To investigate age, period and cohort effects on time trends of alcohol-related mortality in countries with different drinking habits and alcohol policies. DESIGN AND SETTING Age-period-cohort (APC) analyses on alcohol-related mortality were conducted in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, France and Germany. PARTICIPANTS Cases included alcohol-related deaths in the age range 20-84 years between 1980 and 2009. MEASUREMENTS Mortality data were taken from national causes of death registries and covered the ICD codes alcoholic psychosis, alcohol use disorders, alcoholic liver disease and toxic effect of alcohol. FINDINGS In all countries changes across age, period and cohort were found to be significant for both genders [effect value with confidence interval (CI) shown in Supporting information, Table S1]. Period effects pointed to an increase in alcohol-related mortality in Denmark, Finland and Germany and a slightly decreasing trend in Sweden, while in Norway an inverse U-shaped curve and in France a U-shaped curve was found. Compared with the cohorts born before 1960, the risk of alcohol-related mortality declined substantially in cohorts born in the 1960s and later. Pairwise between-country comparisons revealed more statistically significant differences for period (P < 0.001 for all 15 comparisons by gender) than for age [P < 0.001 in seven (men) and four (women) of 15 comparisons] or cohort [P < 0.01 in two (men) and three (women) of 15 comparisons]. CONCLUSIONS Strong period effects suggest that temporal changes in alcohol-related mortality in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, France and Germany between 1980 and 2009 were related to secular differences affecting the whole population and that these effects differed across countries.
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- Ludwig Kraus
- Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.,IFT Institut für Therapieforschung, München, Germany
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- The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway
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- The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway
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- The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.,The Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institut national des études démographiques (INED), Paris, France.,INSERM, U669, Paris, France.,University Paris-Sud and University Paris Descartes, UMR-S0669, Paris, France
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- Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
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- The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN), Stockholm, Sweden.,Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Meyers JL, Salvatore JE, Vuoksimaa E, Korhonen T, Pulkkinen L, Rose RJ, Kaprio J, Dick DM. Genetic influences on alcohol use behaviors have diverging developmental trajectories: a prospective study among male and female twins. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2015; 38:2869-77. [PMID: 25421521 DOI: 10.1111/acer.12560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Both alcohol-specific genetic factors and genetic factors related to externalizing behavior influence problematic alcohol use. Little is known, however, about the etiologic role of these 2 components of genetic risk on alcohol-related behaviors across development. Prior studies conducted in a male cohort of twins suggest that externalizing genetic factors are important for predicting heavy alcohol use in adolescence, whereas alcohol-specific genetic factors increase in importance during the transition to adulthood. In this report, we studied twin brothers and sisters and brother-sister twin pairs to examine such developmental trajectories and investigate whether sex and cotwin sex effects modify these genetic influences. METHODS We used prospective, longitudinal twin data collected between ages 12 and 22 within the population-based FinnTwin12 cohort study (analytic n = 1,864). Our dependent measures of alcohol use behaviors included alcohol initiation (age 12), intoxication frequency (ages 14 and 17), and alcohol dependence criteria (age 22). Each individual's genetic risk of alcohol use disorders (AUD-GR) was indexed by his/her parents' and cotwin's DSM-IV Alcohol Dependence (AD) criterion counts. Likewise, each individual's genetic risk of externalizing disorders (EXT-GR) was indexed with a composite measure of parents' and cotwin's DSM-IV Conduct Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder criterion counts. RESULTS EXT-GR was most strongly related to alcohol use behaviors during adolescence, while AUD-GR was most strongly related to alcohol problems in young adulthood. Further, sex of the twin and sex of the cotwin significantly moderated the associations between genetic risk and alcohol use behaviors across development: AUD-GR influenced early adolescent alcohol use behaviors in females more than in males, and EXT-GR influenced age 22 AD more in males than in females. In addition, the associations of AUD-GR and EXT-GR with intoxication frequency were greater among 14- and 17-year-old females with twin brothers. CONCLUSIONS We found divergent developmental trajectories for alcohol-specific and externalizing behavior-related genetic influences on alcohol use behaviors; in early adolescence, genetic influences on alcohol use behaviors are largely nonspecific, and later in adolescence and young adulthood, alcohol-specific genetic influences on alcohol use are more influential. Importantly, within these overall trajectories, several interesting sex differences emerged. We found that the relationship between genetic risk and problematic drinking across development is moderated by the individual's sex and his/her cotwin's sex. AUD-GR influenced adolescent alcohol outcomes in females more than in males and by age 22, EXT-GR influenced AD criteria more for males than females. In addition, the association between genetic risk and intoxication frequency was greater among 14- and 17-year-old females with male cotwins.
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Hakkarainen P, Karjalainen K, Raitasalo K, Sorvala VM. School’s in! Predicting teen cannabis use by conventionality, cultural disposition and social context. DRUGS: EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND POLICY 2015. [DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2015.1024611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Pekka Hakkarainen
- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Alcohol and Drugs Unit, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Alcohol and Drugs Unit, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Alcohol and Drugs Unit, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Alcohol and Drugs Unit, Helsinki, Finland
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Stickley A, Koyanagi A, Roberts B, Murphy A, Kizilova K, McKee M. Male solitary drinking and hazardous alcohol use in nine countries of the former Soviet Union. Drug Alcohol Depend 2015; 150:105-11. [PMID: 25777820 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2014] [Revised: 02/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite evidence that many people engage in solitary drinking and that it might be associated with negative consequences, to date, little research has focused on this form of drinking behaviour. This study examined the prevalence and factors associated with solitary drinking, and assessed whether it is linked with hazardous alcohol use among males in nine countries of the former Soviet Union (fSU). METHODS Data came from a cross-sectional population-based survey undertaken in 2010/11 in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine. Information was obtained on the frequency of solitary drinking among male regular drinkers (i.e., those consuming alcoholic drinks at least once a month), and on problem drinking (CAGE) and heavy episodic drinking (HED). Logistic regression analysis was used to examine associations between the variables. RESULTS The prevalence of occasional and frequent solitary drinking ranged from 8.4% (Georgia) to 42.4% (Azerbaijan), and 3.1% (Kazakhstan) to 8.2% (Armenia), respectively. Solitary drinking was associated with being older, divorced/widowed, living alone, having a bad/very bad household financial situation, lower levels of social support, and poor self-rated health. Occasional solitary drinking was linked to problem drinking and HED, while frequent solitary alcohol use was related to problem drinking. CONCLUSIONS Solitary drinking is relatively common among male regular drinkers in the fSU and is linked to older age, social and economic disadvantage, and hazardous alcohol use.
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- Andrew Stickley
- European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (SCOHOST), Södertörn University, Huddinge, Sweden; Department of Human Ecology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Research and Development Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain
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- European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Social and Humanitarian Research Institute, V.N. Karazin Kharkov National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Westman J, Wahlbeck K, Laursen TM, Gissler M, Nordentoft M, Hällgren J, Arffman M, Ösby U. Mortality and life expectancy of people with alcohol use disorder in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2015; 131:297-306. [PMID: 25243359 PMCID: PMC4402015 DOI: 10.1111/acps.12330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyse mortality and life expectancy in people with alcohol use disorder in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. METHOD A population-based register study including all patients admitted to hospital diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (1,158,486 person-years) from 1987 to 2006 in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. RESULTS Life expectancy was 24-28 years shorter in people with alcohol use disorder than in the general population. From 1987 to 2006, the difference in life expectancy between patients with alcohol use disorder and the general population increased in men (Denmark, 1.8 years; Finland, 2.6 years; Sweden, 1.0 years); in women, the difference in life expectancy increased in Denmark (0.3 years) but decreased in Finland (-0.8 years) and Sweden (-1.8 years). People with alcohol use disorder had higher mortality from all causes of death (mortality rate ratio, 3.0-5.2), all diseases and medical conditions (2.3-4.8), and suicide (9.3-35.9). CONCLUSION People hospitalized with alcohol use disorder have an average life expectancy of 47-53 years (men) and 50-58 years (women) and die 24-28 years earlier than people in the general population.
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- J Westman
- Centre for Family Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska InstitutetStockholm, Sweden,Nordic Research Academy in Mental Health, Nordic School of Public HealthGothenburg, Sweden
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- Nordic Research Academy in Mental Health, Nordic School of Public HealthGothenburg, Sweden,THL National Institute for Health and WelfareHelsinki, Finland
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- National Centre for Register-Based Research, Aarhus UniversityAarhus, Denmark
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- Nordic Research Academy in Mental Health, Nordic School of Public HealthGothenburg, Sweden,THL National Institute for Health and WelfareHelsinki, Finland
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- Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health SciencesCopenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Family Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska InstitutetStockholm, Sweden
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- THL National Institute for Health and WelfareHelsinki, Finland
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- Centre for Family Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska InstitutetStockholm, Sweden,Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska InstitutetStockholm, Sweden
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Salonsalmi A, Rahkonen O, Lahelma E, Laaksonen M. Changes in alcohol drinking and subsequent sickness absence. Scand J Public Health 2015; 43:364-72. [DOI: 10.1177/1403494815574154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Aims: The aim was to examine whether changes in alcohol drinking are associated with sickness absence. Methods: Repeated postal questionnaires on alcohol drinking were conducted among employees of the City of Helsinki in 2000–2 and 2007 to assess changes in drinking habits between these two time points. Data on the number of self-certified and medically confirmed sickness absences were derived from the employer’s register. Sickness absences were followed from 2007 until the end of 2010 among employees participating in both questionnaire surveys. The study includes 3252 female and 682 male employees 40–60 years old at baseline. Poisson regression was used in the data analysis and population attributable fractions (PAFs) were calculated. Results: Alcohol drinking was associated especially with self-certified sickness absence. Rate ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for increasing weekly average drinking were 1.38, 1.18–1.62 among women and 1.58, 1.18–2.12 among men. Also stable problem drinking (for women 1.39, 1.26–1.54, for men 1.44, 1.10–1.87) and among women stable heavy drinking (1.53, 1.20–1.94) increased self-certified sickness absence. There were associations between alcohol drinking and medically confirmed sickness absence but these were mainly explained by health and health behaviours. Also, a decrease in weekly average drinking was associated with sickness absence among women whereas among men former problem drinking increased sickness absence. According to the PAF values, problem drinking had a stronger contribution to sickness absence than weekly average drinking. Conclusions: Alcohol drinking is particularly associated with self-certified sickness absence. Reducing adverse drinking habits is likely to prevent sickness absence.
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- Aino Salonsalmi
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Finnish Centre for Pensions, Finland
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Törrönen J, Simonen J, Tigerstedt C. "Disease" of the nation, family and individual: three moral discourses of alcohol problems in Finnish women's magazines from the 1960s to the 2000s. Subst Use Misuse 2015; 50:454-67. [PMID: 25559698 DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.978186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Women's magazines can be seen as a genre that form feminized public spaces where everyday life contradictions of women's life are negotiated. The study examines the ways in which Finnish women's magazines have dealt with alcohol problems. The data covers six primary sampling years: 1968, 1976, 1984, 1992, 2000 and 2008. The data is analyzed by drawing on the concept of 'moral regulation'. The analysis shows that a family-centered framing dominated the constructions of alcohol problem: fathers' and husbands' alcoholism appeared as a main object of regulation in all decades under study, while mothers' and wives' alcoholism was much less prevalent.
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- Jukka Törrönen
- 1SoRAD/ Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University , Stockholm , Sweden
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Beccaria F. The Public Health Dilemma in the Alcohol Intervention Area: Unfinished Business Between Limits and Freedom. Subst Use Misuse 2015; 50:1174-7. [PMID: 26361924 DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1042335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Franca Beccaria
- a Eclectica Institute for Training and Research , Torino , Italy
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Alcohol use among adolescents, aggressive behaviour, and internalizing problems. J Adolesc 2014; 37:945-51. [PMID: 25038493 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Revised: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Alcohol use is common among adolescents, but its association with behavioural and emotional problems is not well understood. This study aimed to investigate how self-reported psychosocial problems were associated with the use of alcohol in a community sample consisting of 4074 Finnish adolescents aged 13-18 years. Aggressive behaviour associated with alcohol use and a high level of alcohol consumption, while internalizing problems did not associate with alcohol use. Having problems in social relationships associated with abstinence and lower alcohol consumption. Tobacco smoking, early menarche and attention problems also associated with alcohol use.
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Raitasalo K, Holmila M, Autti-Rämö I, Notkola IL, Tapanainen H. Hospitalisations and out-of-home placements of children of substance-abusing mothers: A register-based cohort study. Drug Alcohol Rev 2014; 34:38-45. [DOI: 10.1111/dar.12121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Kirsimarja Raitasalo
- Alcohol and Drugs; National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL); Helsinki Finland
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- Alcohol and Drugs; National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL); Helsinki Finland
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- Research Department; The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela); Helsinki Finland
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- Finnish Information Centre for Register Research; Helsinki Finland
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- Alcohol and Drugs; National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL); Helsinki Finland
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Halonen JI, Kivimäki M, Pentti J, Virtanen M, Subramanian SV, Kawachi I, Vahtera J. Association of the Availability of Beer, Wine, and Liquor Outlets with Beverage-Specific Alcohol Consumption: A Cohort Study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2014; 38:1086-93. [DOI: 10.1111/acer.12350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jaana I. Halonen
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Kuopio; Turku Helsinki Finland
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Kuopio; Turku Helsinki Finland
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health; University College London Medical School; London United Kingdom
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Kuopio; Turku Helsinki Finland
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Kuopio; Turku Helsinki Finland
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- Human Development and Health; Harvard School of Public Health; Boston Massachusetts
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- Human Development and Health; Harvard School of Public Health; Boston Massachusetts
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in Kuopio; Turku Helsinki Finland
- Department of Public Health; University of Turku; Turku Finland
- Turku University Hospital; Turku Finland
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Halonen JI, Kivimäki M, Virtanen M, Pentti J, Subramanian SV, Kawachi I, Vahtera J. Proximity of off-premise alcohol outlets and heavy alcohol consumption: a cohort study. Drug Alcohol Depend 2013; 132:295-300. [PMID: 23499055 PMCID: PMC3709004 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2012] [Revised: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Availability of alcohol has been associated with alcohol consumption in cross-sectional studies. We examined longitudinally whether change in proximity to off-premise (i.e., no consumption on the premises) beer and liquor outlets is associated with heavy alcohol consumption. METHODS Distances from 54,778 Finnish Public Sector study participants' homes to the nearest off-premise beer and liquor outlets were calculated using Global Positioning System-coordinates. Between-individual analyses were used to study the effects of distance to the nearest outlet on heavy alcohol use, and within-individual analyses to study the effects of a change in distance on change in heavy use. RESULTS Mean follow-up time in 2000-2009 was 6.8 (standard deviation 2.0) years. In a between-individual analysis, decrease from ≥500 m to <500 m (vs. remained ≥500 m) in the distance to the nearest beer outlet increased the likelihood of incident heavy alcohol use in women (odds ratio 1.23, 95% CI 1.05-1.44), but not in men. In a within-individual analysis decrease from 500 m to 0m in log-transformed continuous distance to the nearest beer outlet increased the odds of heavy alcohol consumption in women by 13% (odds ratio 1.13, 95% CI 1.01-1.27). For the corresponding change in distance to liquor outlet the increase was 3% (odds ratio 1.03, 95% CI 0.97-1.09). CONCLUSIONS Change in distance from home to the nearest off-premise alcohol outlet affects the risk of heavy alcohol consumption in women. This evidence supports policies that restrict physical availability of alcohol.
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- Jaana I. Halonen
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 310, 70101 Kuopio, Finland,Corresponding author: Jaana I. Halonen, P.O. BOX 310, 70101, Kuopio, Finland, , telephone: +358-43-82-44-264
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 310, 70101 Kuopio, Finland,Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, 1 - 19 Torrington Place London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 310, 70101 Kuopio, Finland
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 310, 70101 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 310, 70101 Kuopio, Finland,Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 1 20520 Turku, and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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Room R, Törrönen J. Studying alcohol in its societal context: The Finnish tradition of analysis of population surveys. Drug Alcohol Rev 2012; 31:829-30. [PMID: 23127223 DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00491.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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