Alcohol consumption in a community sample of older people

被引：8

作者：

Dent, OF ^{[1
]}

Grayson, DA

Waite, LM

Cullen, JS

Creasey, H

Broe, GA

机构：

[1] Australian Natl Univ, The Faculties, Dept Sociol, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia

[2] Univ Sydney, Ctr Educ & Res Ageing, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

[3] Concord Repatriat Gen Hosp, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

来源：

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2000年 / 24卷 / 03期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1111/j.1467-842X.2000.tb01577.x

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and pattern of alcohol use among community-living elderly Australians. METHODS: A survey was conducted of randomly selected non-institutionalised people aged 75 years and older living in the inner western suburbs of Sydney. Personal interviews by trained interviewers covered background demographic information and self-reported alcohol use. RESULTS: 72% of men and 54% of women drank alcohol. The median usual daily volume of ethanol consumed by drinkers was 10 grams for men and 1.3 grams for women. However 11% of male drinkers and 6% of female drinkers consumed at defined hazardous or harmful levels. CONCLUSIONS ANO IMPLICATIONS: Although a sizeable majority of these older people were either non-drinkers or Very light drinkers, a small but important proportion drank in the hazardous to harmful range. Despite increasing evidence of the health benefits of alcohol consumption ii remains important to be alert for potentially harmful alcohol use among older people.

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页码：323 / 326

页数：4

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