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| Older adults' own reasoning for their alcohol consumption | | Author(s) | Sirpa Immonen, Jaakko Valvanne, Kaisu H Pitkala |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 26, no 11, November 2011 |
| Pages | pp 1169-1176 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Alcoholic beverages ; Alcoholism ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Finland. |
| Annotation | Older people have diverse alcohol consumption habits. In this study, a postal survey was used to collect data from a random sample of 2,100 people aged 65+ living in the community in Espoo, Finland. The response rate was 71.6%. Altogether, 868 people responded that they use alcohol, of whom 831 gave their reasons for their drinking. "At risk users" were defined as consuming >7 drinks per week, or 5 or more drinks on a typical drinking day, or using 3 or more drinks several times per week. Main reasons given for alcohol consumption were "having fun or celebration" (58.7%), "for social reasons" (54.2%), "using alcohol for medicinal purposes" (20.1%), and "with meals" (13.8%). Younger age groups reported more often than the older age groups that they used alcohol for "having fun or celebration" and "for social reasons". The older age groups used more often "alcohol for medicinal purposes". Men used alcohol more than women "as pastime". Those defined as "at-risk users" reported using alcohol because of "meaningless life", for "relieving depression", "relieving anxiety", and "relieving loneliness". (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111128005 A |
| Classmark | YPP: ETA: DP: 3F: 76L |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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