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| The role of medication use and health on the decision to quit drinking among older adults | | Author(s) | Kristine E Pringle, Debra A Heller, Frank M Ahern |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 18, no 6, December 2006 |
| Pages | pp 837-851 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Alcoholic beverages ; Drugs ; Health [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The extent to which changes in medication use and health influence the decision to quit drinking among older adults is considered with 8883 older people enrolled in Pennsylvania's Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PA-PACE) programme. Participants completed surveys in 2000 and 2002. Survey data were linked with prescription claims to examine medication and health factors associated with drinking cessation between baseline and follow-up. Overall, 3.9% of those using alcohol at baseline stopped drinking during the study period. Logistic regression results show that individuals who initiate antipsychotic (OR = 2.92) and antineoplastic therapies (OR = 2.67) were the most likely to stop drinking. These findings support the hypothesis that older people stop drinking in response to ill health. Results have implications for alcohol interventions in older people, and underscore the importance of separating former drinkers from lifetime abstainers in the study of alcohol-health relationships. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070124204 A |
| Classmark | YPP: LLD: CC: 3J: 7T |
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