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| Alcohol use disorder is a risk factor for mortality among older public housing residents | | Author(s) | Betty Smith, Peter V Rabins, Marsden H McGuire |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 10, no 3, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp 309-327 |
| Keywords | Alcoholism ; Death ; Older women ; Black people ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Epidemiological survey data were used to examine relationships between alcohol use and abuse and the physical and mental health status of older public housing residents, mainly African American women, and to determine the influence that drinking behaviour had on mortality. Respondents with a current alcohol disorder (4%) were more likely to rate their physical health as fair/poor but had fewer major medical illnesses, functional impairments, and other current psychiatric disorders. Individuals with a current or past alcohol disorder (22%) were more likely than others to die during the 28-month follow-up period. In multivariate analyses, women with a past alcohol disorder were more likely than lifetime abstainers to die. Drinking behaviour was not predictive of death in men. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981120406 A |
| Classmark | ETA: CW: BD: TKE: 7T |
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