Alcohol consumption and self-reported (SF12) physical and mental health among working-aged men in a typical Russian city: a cross-sectional study

Dissing, Agnete S., Gil, Artyom, Keenan, Katherine, McCambridge, Jim, McKee, Martin, Oralov, Alexey, Saburova, Lyudmila and Leon, David A. (2013) Alcohol consumption and self-reported (SF12) physical and mental health among working-aged men in a typical Russian city: a cross-sectional study. Addiction, 108 (11). pp. 1905-1914. ISSN 0965-2140

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Abstract

Aim To investigate the association between patterns of alcohol consumption and self-reported physical and mental health in a population with a high prevalence of hazardous drinking. Design Cross-sectional study of an age-stratified random sample of a population register. Setting The city of Izhevsk, The Russian Federation, 2008–09. Participants A total of 1031 men aged 25–60 years (68% response rate). Measurements Self-reported health was evaluated with the SF12 physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) component summaries. Measures of hazardous drinking (based on frequency of adverse effects of alcohol intake including hangover, excessive drunkenness and extended episodes of intoxication lasting 2 or more days) were used in addition to frequency of alcohol consumption and total volume of beverage ethanol per year. Information on smoking and socio-demographic factors were obtained. Findings Compared with abstainers, those drinking 10–19 litres of beverage ethanol per year had a PCS score 2.66 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.76; 4.56] higher. Hazardous beverage drinking was associated with a lower PCS score [mean diff: −2.95 (95% CI = −5.28; −0.62)] and even more strongly with a lower MCS score [mean diff: −4.29 (95% CI = −6.87; −1.70)] compared to non-hazardous drinkers, with frequent non-beverage alcohol drinking being associated with a particularly low MCS score [−7.23 (95% CI = −11.16; −3.29)]. Adjustment for smoking and sociodemographic factors attenuated these associations slightly, but the same patterns persisted. Adjustment for employment status attenuated the associations with PCS considerably. Conclusion Among working-aged male adults in Russia, hazardous patterns of alcohol drinking are associated with poorer self-reported physical health, and even more strongly with poorer self-reported mental health. Physical health appears to be lower in those reporting complete abstinence from alcohol compared with those drinking 10–19 litres per year.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.addictionjournal.org/
Additional Information:	© 2013 The Authors
Divisions:	Lifecourse, Ageing & Population Health Social Policy
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2014 07:32
Last Modified:	25 Mar 2024 06:24
Projects:	067232, 078557
Funders:	Danish Government, The University of Copenhagen, The Oticon Foundation, The Foundation of Knud Hoejgaard, The Foundation of Reinholdt Jorck and wife, Hotelier Anders Maansson and wife Hanne Maansson, Wellcome Trust
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/56418

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